as in explosion
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
the audience responded to the comedian's joke with gales of laughter
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Recent Examples of gale
The boat overturned amid a small craft advisory that had been issued from the National Weather Service on Wednesday through the weekend that warned there would be choppy seas and heavier gales up to 28 miles per hour.
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Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
The gale had grown so strong that the horses and Jigsaw staff struggled to stay upright, and with limited trailers, only four horses could be evacuated at a time.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
Prepare to be blown away: Astronomers have recorded the most powerful planetary wind thus far — a force that pummels a giant exoplanet with gales faster than the speed of sound.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
On the Beaufort Scale, winds of these strengths are classified as gale to violent storm.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
The gale had grown so strong that the horses and Jigsaw staff struggled to stay upright, and with limited trailers, only four horses could be evacuated at a time.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
Prepare to be blown away: Astronomers have recorded the most powerful planetary wind thus far — a force that pummels a giant exoplanet with gales faster than the speed of sound.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
On the Beaufort Scale, winds of these strengths are classified as gale to violent storm.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gale
Noun
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Crew abandoned the vessel following multiple explosions onboard but all are safe and accounted for.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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In addition to Tesla’s troubles, Musk’s social network X experienced several outages throughout the day on Monday, and his aerospace and defense company SpaceX is investigating two explosions in a row that occurred during test flights of its massive Starship rocket.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For a color burst, look to Proenza Schouler, Dear Frances, and Cos—these pleasant spring hues will break up the dreariness of the current season.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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Customers, including businesses, governments and individuals, will be able to request light bursts by simply entering their location's GPS coordinates online.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The south wind should be a steady 9 to 15 mph, but with some gusts blowing as high as 21 mph.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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The storms may bring wind gusts of up to 40 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches).—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
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This is all happening as severe storm system is forecast to move through the central and southern parts of the nation late this week in a multi-day outburst with strong tornadoes, hail and damaging winds expected.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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This is all happening as a severe storm system is forecast to move through the central and southern parts of the country late this week in a multiday outburst with tornadoes, hail and damaging winds expected.—
Seth Borenstein,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While such an eruption of fires is rare, Wood, the South Carolina Forestry Commission spokesperson, told NBC affiliate WCBD of Charleston over the weekend that the region is in peak fire season weather.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Instead, based on observations of more recent eruptions, an extremely hot ash cloud that dissipated quickly could have created the conditions necessary for the vitrification of human brain tissue to occur, the study concluded.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This could lead to flash flooding, shallow debris flows over vulnerable burn scars, isolated rockslides, and hazardous travel conditions due slick roads.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Once again, we were presented with a flash of someone leaving a letter in a baby basinet, then a girl and boy jumped into the pond.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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By Sunday afternoon, firefighting crews were focused on putting out hotspots and preventing flareups from the previous day’s blazes.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2025
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No major injuries have been reported in connection with the blaze.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The Pokémon franchise is almost 30 years old now, having taken the world by storm with the release of Pokémon Red and Green for the original Game Boy in Japan in 1996.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Over the weekend, the human rights lawyer was spotted grabbing lunch with her husband, George Clooney, in New York City while wearing a cropped blazer, white T-shirt, and the leg-lengthening denim cut that’s taking Hollywood by storm: flare jeans.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Gale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gale. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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