crosswind
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The group was unaware that recent rainfall had led to hazardous swimming conditions including strong currents, crosswind and swells, the fraternity wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
The implosion is only the latest example of a generation of executives used to operating in a low-interest-rate environment getting caught in a crosswind with which they had no experience.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
“With crosswind in the last four kilometers, the guys did a perfect job to put me in the front fresh. Being my first Grand Tour win, it sure takes the cake.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
"Steering a fast four under Olympic pressure is not easy in a crosswind," he tweeted external-link.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2021
They’d tried hooking arms and walking three abreast, but when the crosswind gusted, it blew them into one another and their legs got tangled.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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