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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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Off the windswept western coast of France, around two and a half hours by car north of Bordeaux, the Île de Ré is often invoked as Europe’s answer to Martha’s Vineyard: outdoorsy, a little la-di-dah, and a watering hole for city-dwellers on holiday, particularly during the summer.
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Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
Add Florida’s panhandle to the growing list of sites for Dream Golf destination properties, joining the windswept dunes of eastern Colorado and a secluded sandy stretch of land in East Texas.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Back in 1979, a U.S. Department of Agriculture technical report recommended practices such as reducing stand density, converting cover types, creating openings in forest cover and establishing trees or large shrubs in windswept, treeless areas to concentrate snow and reduce evaporation.
—Tom Howarth
follow, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
In windswept, remote Thacker Pass in the far northern reaches of Nevada permits approved for a massive lithium mine, proposed by Lithium Americas Corp., are drawing impassioned protest from the local indigenous population, ranchers, and environmentalists.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
Add Florida’s panhandle to the growing list of sites for Dream Golf destination properties, joining the windswept dunes of eastern Colorado and a secluded sandy stretch of land in East Texas.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Back in 1979, a U.S. Department of Agriculture technical report recommended practices such as reducing stand density, converting cover types, creating openings in forest cover and establishing trees or large shrubs in windswept, treeless areas to concentrate snow and reduce evaporation.
—Tom Howarth
follow, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
In windswept, remote Thacker Pass in the far northern reaches of Nevada permits approved for a massive lithium mine, proposed by Lithium Americas Corp., are drawing impassioned protest from the local indigenous population, ranchers, and environmentalists.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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