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Windbreaker

American  
[wind-brey-ker] / ˈwɪndˌbreɪ kər /
Trademark.

  1. a brand name for a jacket of wind-resistant material with close-fitting elastic hip band and cuffs.

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Shohei Ohtani had his first home run as a Dodger, and Team Yellow Windbreaker was on a mission to secure the milestone ball.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Risher, who wore a dark blue Virginia cap and Windbreaker, khakis, and white sneakers, tailgated with friends for a while.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2016

“I remember it being 20 below outside, and the pipes in our mobile home froze,” Saunders said, “and my dad was out there in just a Windbreaker with a blow torch, trying to unfreeze them.”

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2013

I then placed it in the sleeve of my Windbreaker and carried it out, kind of swinging it in a natural arm motion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Calista was showing off her WTO riot Windbreaker.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

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