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Completion of this training allows a user to operate a vessel powered by a motor of more than 15 horsepower or a windblown vessel over 14 feet in length.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
Conditions were perfect for testing—variable—ranging from windblown powder and pristine corduroy to sunny slush and refrozen mank.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2024
Even so, the mechanics behind the radiation generation has gradually come into focus: As thunderstorms develop, windblown drafts of water droplets, ice, and hail combine into a mix that creates electric charges similar to static electricity.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
If some is delivered to these areas by windblown dust or volcanic ash—or by a ship deliberately pumping out an iron sulfate solution—a vast number of the microscopic organisms can quickly grow and multiply.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2024
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
Conditions were perfect for testing—variable—ranging from windblown powder and pristine corduroy to sunny slush and refrozen mank.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2024
Even so, the mechanics behind the radiation generation has gradually come into focus: As thunderstorms develop, windblown drafts of water droplets, ice, and hail combine into a mix that creates electric charges similar to static electricity.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
If some is delivered to these areas by windblown dust or volcanic ash—or by a ship deliberately pumping out an iron sulfate solution—a vast number of the microscopic organisms can quickly grow and multiply.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Windblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windblown. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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