as in bursts
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
the audience responded to the comedian's joke with gales of laughter
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Recent Examples of gales
Winter gales and ice were a constant threat.
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Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
Nuclear power plants have increasingly been seen as a carbon pollution-free source of electricity that can fill in for solar and wind farms when the sun sets and gales weaken.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
Slowly the mystical land enters her inner world and – one day at a time – Rona finds hope and strength in herself among the heavy gales and the bracingly cold sea.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
Nuclear power plants have increasingly been seen as a carbon pollution-free source of electricity that can fill in for solar and wind farms when the sun sets and gales weaken.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
Slowly the mystical land enters her inner world and – one day at a time – Rona finds hope and strength in herself among the heavy gales and the bracingly cold sea.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gales
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Survivors report explosions and damage to the fuselage was evident at the crash site.Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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What To Know The fatal explosions occurred in Honolulu, where a series of mortar-style aerials ignited a chain reaction of blasts.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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The forecast says snow, freezing rain, and sleet might come late afternoon, as well as wind with gusts as high as 24 mph and temperatures in the 30s.Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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Temperatures are expected to be in the 20s, and wind gusts will be around 27 miles per hour.Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Plenty of exploding stars are also adept at blasting outbursts of this high-energy light.Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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These outbursts' light output didn't resemble any previous cosmic explosion.Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Scientists have successfully predicted eruptions at Axial Seamount in the past, most notably in 2011, marking the first accurate forecast of a submarine volcano's eruption.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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The event, which took place in 1831, was one of the largest eruptions of the 19th century and resulted in significant climate cooling of around one degree Celsius in the Northern Hemisphere over the course of the subsequent years.Newsweek, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Gales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gales. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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