Westerlies
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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In past festival iterations, Westerlies clinics have centered on South Seattle, from the Highline school district to Hawthorne Elementary.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
They’ll manifest their hometown love this spring during Westerlies Fest 2024, a weeklong educational outreach program culminating in shows across the city May 9-11.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
“It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course,” read the Foreign Ministry’s statement.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023
On this rendition of Russell’s “Eli,” the Westerlies smartly lean into the tune’s blend of harmonic splendor and hollering lament — and they’re mindful of the need for some textural play.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2020
Small or large they roll along under the Westerlies, translated by friction, and invariably moving for most of their course in an easterly direction, like their tractor above.
From Reading the Weather by Longstreth, Thomas Morris
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