mountain wave
Americannoun
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The gusts were the product of mountain wave wind conditions, meaning they were oriented in a way where they would rapidly drop down the slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains, causing strong, dangerous bursts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
That creates a mountain wave, he said, where winds speed down the side of a mountain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
The Squirrel's stern lanterns were seen to descend the pitching trough of a mountain wave, and when the wall of water fell, no light came up.
From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Your course is on the mountain wave, over the bottomless ocean.'
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
"Her march is on the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep!"
From American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Alexander Johnston
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