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Recent Examples of windward
Adjective
Coconut rhinoceros beetles were detected for the first time on islands statewide in subsequent months, while little fire ants caused serious concern on Oahu's windward coast.—CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024 For example, high-elevation terrain often forces storm systems to drop more rain on the mountains’ windward side but scientists aren’t sure whether that phenomenon might play a role in cases like Helene’s Appalachian deluge.—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
This 10-night sailing from Miami embarks on Regent Seven Seas' newest ship, Seven Seas Splendor, for a leisurely sail through the Caribbean’s windward isles.—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2022 Over time, the model huddle tended to take on the shape of a flat-sided oval and travel slowly downwind (as penguins on the windward side continuously moved away from it).—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2012 See All Example Sentences for windward
This April 3, 2025, photo taken at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shows fragments of the Japanese Zero fighter that a kamikaze pilot flew into the side of the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa on April 11, 1945.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
Bald Eagle 390’s story On July 11, 2024 a male bald eagle (later designated as Bald Eagle 24-390 or just 390 for short) was spotted on the side of the road near Vienna, Missouri with an obvious facial injury.
The front door was broken down with a heavy sledge, while another flank busted through the back.
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John Semley,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
The White House has also thawed previously icy relations with the Kremlin, watched on with concern among NATO countries close to Russia that would rely on U.S. support for their militaries if Moscow did launch attacks on NATO's eastern flank.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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