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Recent Examples of leeward
Adjective
Further north, on the off-the-grid Cayo Frances, learn to fish from legendary fly fisherwoman Lori-Ann Murphy, and enjoy the placid, shallow waters of the leeward side of the island.—Ali Wunderman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2020 This means that the leeward side of these landforms is usually drier and often protected from the high wind.—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 16 Jan. 2020
Noun
For instance, mature bucks often bed on leeward ridges, ridge endings, bench edges, and more.—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024 This is one reason leeward ridges are so attractive to deer.—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for leeward
The heaviest rain is forecast for windward and mauka locations.
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The Sunset AI Lab,
Sunset Magazine,
10 May 2024
For plants, such walls are edges that separate patches of ground into zones that are sunny or shady, windward or leeward, uphill or downhill, wetter or drier.
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Robert M. Thorson,
Discover Magazine,
9 Dec. 2023
This April 3, 2025, photo taken at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shows fragments of the Japanese Zero fighter that a kamikaze pilot flew into the side of the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa on April 11, 1945.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
The Jersey City Police Department is taking the lead on the investigation since the helicopter crashed on the Jersey City side of the river, Fulop told WABC on Thursday.
Within three minutes of kick-off, a long throw from the edge of his area to Manor Solomon on the left flank triggered one of the team’s best attacks of the game.
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Beren Cross,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Walman scored his first goal with the Oilers on Tuesday night, as his slap shot from the left flank got past fellow ex-Shark Adin Hill to tie Edmonton’s game with the Vegas Golden Knights.
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