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we were downwind of the deer, so it couldn't smell us
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The National Cancer Institute estimates that some people downwind absorbed more than half a lifetime’s worth of natural radiation in the days after the test.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Neighborhoods downwind of warehouses, less than 5 miles (roughly 7 kilometers) away, saw a nearly 20 percent increase in nitrogen dioxide pollution on average compared to neighborhoods upwind of warehouses.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
Oppenheimer’s Trinity test sent a cloud of fallout over communities downwind of Los Alamos and into 46 states, according to a new study, catapulting the world into the nuclear age.
—Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
While scientists usually think about urban regions as being large sources of ozone that effect crops downwind, wildfire smoke is an emerging concern.
—Mj Riches, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
Neighborhoods downwind of warehouses, less than 5 miles (roughly 7 kilometers) away, saw a nearly 20 percent increase in nitrogen dioxide pollution on average compared to neighborhoods upwind of warehouses.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
Oppenheimer’s Trinity test sent a cloud of fallout over communities downwind of Los Alamos and into 46 states, according to a new study, catapulting the world into the nuclear age.
—Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
While scientists usually think about urban regions as being large sources of ozone that effect crops downwind, wildfire smoke is an emerging concern.
—Mj Riches, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
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downwind
adverb or adjective
down·wind
ˈdau̇n-ˈwind 
: in the direction that the wind is blowing
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