as in leeward
being in the direction that the wind is blowing we were downwind of the deer, so it couldn't smell us

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“Downwind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downwind. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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