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Recent Examples of windbreak
There are several native evergreen shrubs, for example, that make excellent windbreaks.
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Pamela Noensie, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
Try to include a variety of plants in your windbreak.
—Pamela Noensie, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
Or build a temporary windbreak by stretching burlap between two stakes or over a lattice frame.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
Provide a windbreak for the birds near the birdbath.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
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Pamela Noensie, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
Try to include a variety of plants in your windbreak.
—Pamela Noensie, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
Or build a temporary windbreak by stretching burlap between two stakes or over a lattice frame.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
Provide a windbreak for the birds near the birdbath.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windbreak
Noun
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In this case, the lean-to was reportedly formed by downed trees.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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One time, alone in a lean-to of sticks in Florida, something huge blackened the night nearby.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside Online,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Stink bugs overwinter in the adult stage in areas such as under tree bark or in any human structure, including attics, walls, crawlspaces, sheds, or even your grill.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 July 2025
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The water rushed over, sending a red truck bouncing and spinning and hitting the edge of their shed, which was shattered.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Locations this year include a sacred mountain in Malawi; petroglyphs in South Korea; remains of a port and forts from 17th century Port Royal, Jamaica; a king's palaces in Germany; and a river canyon in Brazil noted for its biodiversity.—
James Doubek,
NPR,
18 July 2025
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Initially, the forts consisted of seven towers connected by steel walkways; now there are fewer of them, and the walkways are no longer safe.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
Noun
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It was built as a fortress for weapons in the early 20th century.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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This nation was never meant to be a fortress of exclusion, but a sanctuary of inclusion.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Broward County is the only solid Democratic stronghold in South Florida.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
22 July 2025
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The district covers all of the heavily Democratic Cincinnati and eastern Hamilton County suburbs but also includes the Republican stronghold of Warren County.—
Hailey Roden,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Looking around and seeing all of our people, who have supported us through different eras of our lives, together at a 13th-century castle overlooking the Tuscan countryside is crazy!—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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Adorned with conch shells and a golden sun, the castle sets the tone for an epic beach day.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
Noun
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But the Assembly Public Safety Committee—the redoubt of progressive opposition to crime bills—quietly blocked it.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
1 June 2025
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Early on June 17, patriot soldiers built a redoubt, or temporary fortification, on top of Breed’s Hill, located next to Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts.—
Eliza McGraw,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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“Windbreak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windbreak. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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