Westerlies
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The Seattle-reared, Brooklyn-based brass quartet is back home for their fifth-annual Westerlies Fest, a mix of live performances and student workshops aimed at spurring the next generation of homegrown jazz players.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023
China says its big balloon was a meteorological and research one that got picked up by the Westerlies.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023
“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
“Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course. The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into U.S. airspace due to force majeure.”
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2023
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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