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• s  used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds

• The first ominous rumblings were heard in Peking at 3:40 on a rainy, windblown morning last week.
• By some accounts, she never recovered from the shock and drifted like a windblown leaf through relationships and jobs after graduation.
• And for all the TV footage of downed power lines and uprooted trees and windblown reporters, there were just a few reported deaths, and probably just a few billion dollars in .

News & Articles

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• Belgian Diamond Theft, Filled With Cinematic Thrills, Also Has a Blooper Reel
  Since a meticulously planned theft on the windblown tarmac of the Brussels airport in February, the episode has veered from thriller to comedy, featuring a roundup of unusual suspects.
  June 15, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Susan Hockfield in CNN
  This plaque will brighten the lives of windblown pedestrians,MIT President Susan Hockfield said during the presentation.
• Robin Roberts in Newsday
  I should have left after nine,Roberts said, laughing. "It was a windblown fly ball. The wind was blowing in, that was the problem."
• Steve Squyres in ABC Science Online
  Meanwhile "the first outcrop [Spirit's twin rover] Opportunity examined up close is finely-layered, buff-coloured and in the process of being eroded by windblown sand. Pictures taken......reveal......small spheres within the layered rocks,"...