prevailing westerlies
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This strengthens the prevailing westerlies and drags them poleward.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2023
If Columbus had sailed due west, the "prevailing westerlies" of the North Atlantic might have battered his caravels back to Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
So far, the smoke clouds are hugging the ground, drifting in the prevailing westerlies only as far as Pakistan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their casual proposition: to sail the perilous Atlantic, from Plymouth to New York, into the teeth of the prevailing westerlies �one lone man to a boat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Captain Davis had visited the island in the 'Nimrod', and was acquainted with the three anchorages, which are all on the east side and sheltered from the prevailing westerlies.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
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