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Recent Examples of windbreak
Options like retractable canopies or weather-resistant covers can provide temporary protection from rain, while strategic placement and the incorporation of windbreaks can help shield against strong winds.
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Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
Climate change, the invisible hand exacerbating the hot, arid conditions that parch the land, is being compounded by the relentless expansion of croplands, excessive tilling, overgrazing and removal of native windbreaks.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2024
If there’s nowhere to go nearby, build a windbreak or snow cave for protection.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
Many of them are also involved in regenerative practices, such as working to restore terraces and create windbreaks to help the soil retain water and enhance biodiversity.
—Tom Watkins, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
Climate change, the invisible hand exacerbating the hot, arid conditions that parch the land, is being compounded by the relentless expansion of croplands, excessive tilling, overgrazing and removal of native windbreaks.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2024
If there’s nowhere to go nearby, build a windbreak or snow cave for protection.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
Many of them are also involved in regenerative practices, such as working to restore terraces and create windbreaks to help the soil retain water and enhance biodiversity.
—Tom Watkins, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windbreak
Noun
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The 400-square-foot building, sandwiched between two brick houses, was a two-chair barbershop in the early 1930s, with the Cassady family crammed into a lean-to on the back.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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In late September, migrants battled rain and filth from their camping tents and makeshift lean-tos.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
2 Dec. 2024
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But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2025
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The other, though crucial, faces steep palisades and deep waters, requiring more time and resources.—
Kathleen Kewley,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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Underrated Spots to Find Shed Antlers All of the spots listed above are excellent areas to find sheds.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
20 Mar. 2025
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The responding officer, recognizing the man in the shed as Miller, told him his father was worried about him and offered him a ride home in his squad car.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles is building toward the postseason and is trying to hold down the fort until James can return to the lineup.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Co-leader Chris Difford has apparently taken ill, although the less Squeeze-attentive parts of the audience may not have noticed, since primary lead singer Glenn Tilbrook is holding down the fort quite effectively.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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On clear days, that very body of water, and the white mountains beyond it, are part of the panoramic view from the terrace of Boone’s house, a sharp-angled, industrial-gray luxury fortress with towering windows atop a cliff 30 minutes south of Salt Lake City.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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India have spent the last three weeks in Dubai and made the venue into a fortress.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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They are armed with automatic weapons – largely smuggled from the United States – and move unhindered through the narrow, winding alleys of their neighborhood strongholds in Port-au-Prince, which national and multinational police forces are often unable to navigate in their bulky armored vehicles.—
Linnea Fehrm,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Mar. 2025
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Around the fortress city of Pokrovsk, a key Ukrainian stronghold in eastern Ukraine, Russian assaults are down 80 percent compared to their recent peak in mid-January, according to Ukrainian analysis group DeepState.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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But now the game has been flipped on its head, with Season Three proving any contestant with the right skills, strategy, and in some cases the luck can leave the Scottish castle victorious.—
Krystie Lee Yandoli,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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In this sprawling Scottish castle, Real Housewives and Drag Race queens can unveil their most glamorous looks, while those who compete on shows like Survivor and Big Brother get to show a whole new side of themselves (i.e., a side that gets to shower and look in a mirror every day).—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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Of course, like his manifestly unqualified boss, Bongino is a 2020 election truther—something that should disqualify anyone from public office—and has spent much of the time since that election railing against the FBI as a left-wing redoubt of the deep state.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Elsewhere, this could only be a scene of sensory overload, but its eye-of-the-storm geography made the Bowl a kind of redoubt, cool and dark and almost hushed under the purple sky.—
Michael Owen,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Windbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windbreak. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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