as in bursts
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 gales
Slowly the mystical land enters her inner world and – one day at a time – Rona finds hope and strength in herself among the heavy gales and the bracingly cold sea.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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More than a week before the pager explosions, Israel launched airstrikes against Syria on September 8, itself not unusual.Paul Iddon, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Reuters video showed explosions close to the Beirut airport just as a Middle East Airlines flight was landing.NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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South wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
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And perhaps, if the gusts are strong enough, snap trees 50 miles inland.Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Solar flares can lead to coronal mass ejections—or eruptions of solar material—which are known to cause Northern Lights sightings, and a pair of CMEs is expected to affect Earth between Friday and Sunday.Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Particularly when coupled with popular in-office treatments, these aggressive protocols exacerbated chronically sensitive complexions that were prone to prone to redness, textural irregularities and eruptions.Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Gales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gales. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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