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Recent Examples of windbreak
These basic structures can enclose parts of your garden, protect vegetable beds from certain pests, or act as windbreaks for sensitive plants.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
Options like retractable canopies or weather-resistant covers can provide temporary protection from rain, while strategic placement and the incorporation of windbreaks can help shield against strong winds.
—Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
Climate change, the invisible hand exacerbating the hot, arid conditions that parch the land, is being compounded by the relentless expansion of croplands, excessive tilling, overgrazing and removal of native windbreaks.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2024
If there’s nowhere to go nearby, build a windbreak or snow cave for protection.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2024
Options like retractable canopies or weather-resistant covers can provide temporary protection from rain, while strategic placement and the incorporation of windbreaks can help shield against strong winds.
—Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
Climate change, the invisible hand exacerbating the hot, arid conditions that parch the land, is being compounded by the relentless expansion of croplands, excessive tilling, overgrazing and removal of native windbreaks.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2024
If there’s nowhere to go nearby, build a windbreak or snow cave for protection.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windbreak
Noun
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Out back, a fence will soon hug the tiny porch where visitors will still be able to see the lines on the brick where the lean-to’s roof was formerly affixed.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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The 400-square-foot building, sandwiched between two brick houses, was a two-chair barbershop in the early 1930s, with the Cassady family crammed into a lean-to on the back.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2025
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The other, though crucial, faces steep palisades and deep waters, requiring more time and resources.—
Kathleen Kewley,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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The cooperatives can use the money to purchase additional sheds and trucks or strengthen their security systems.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Apr. 2025
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The South Lodge, at the base of the Quail chair, burned down in 2016 and in its place sits a row of dilapidated structures and storage sheds.—
Megan Michelson,
Outside Online,
4 Apr. 2025
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Long ago, the British failed to take the fort, and Francis Scott Key wrote a poem.—
Maya C. Popa,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Ava thanks him for holding down the fort so well in her absence, and finally, peace is restored at Abbott Elementary.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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This means turning Ukraine into a defensive fortress with German arms and money.—
David McWilliams,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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But the Romans eventually built up Vindobona into a full-scale military fortress—and perhaps this first-century battle was the catalyst.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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Introduced through mosquitoes that first reached the island in the 1800s, climate change has now ushered these deadly vessels of destruction into the bird’s last stronghold.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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What To Know The Houthis say the U.S. military campaign, aimed at their stronghold in Sana'a and other parts of Yemen, has not deterred their military capacities and attacks.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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River cruise lines also sail from Paris to the beaches of Normandy on the Seine; along the ornate castles and vineyards of the scenic Loire Valley; and through Burgundy and Provence on the Rhône and Saône Rivers.—
Jeri Clausing,
AFAR Media,
10 Apr. 2025
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The show, hosted by actor Alan Cumming and set in a remote Scottish castle, features reality TV veterans and celebrities working together—and often deceiving each other—in challenges for a cash prize.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lesson learned: the three tarantulas were the defensive redoubt that had repelled the roaches.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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In our redoubt, lawfare is a catastrophe for the legitimacy of our judicial system and for the rule of law that undergirds a secure, prosperous, free society — no matter what party is the practitioner.—
Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Windbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windbreak. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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