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crosswind
/ ˈɒˌɪԻ /
noun
- a wind that blows at right angles to the direction of travel
Example Sentences
I always wanted to know out how pilots train to deal with bad weather and was able to get a glimpse of life in the cockpit of an airliner battling strong crosswinds.
Farquharson — the last person to scramble off the tilting bridge — showed how crosswinds caused a harmonic oscillation, flowing aerodynamically through steel deck beams.
It’s the latest example of progressive prosecutors across the country facing political crosswinds.
And on days when there were strong crosswinds, they had to adjust laterally to find the exhaust stream.
“Those getting an early start on their travel plans might encounter some dangerous crosswind,” said Robbie Munrow, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
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