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Meanings of prevailing winds in English

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Usage of prevailing winds in English
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On the contrary, Ireland's prevailing winds would usually advise the opposite one.
The Irish Times
2
All these bodies of land modify to some extent the prevailing winds.
Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
3
But the prevailing winds were from the north and they were clean.
Helen of troy
4
Consider prevailing winds and be aware of high perches and overhangs.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
5
In crossing belt number four, he finds the prevailing winds to be easterly.
The Ocean and Its Wonders
6
Always they move eastward before the prevailing winds from the west.
The Winning of Barbara Worth
7
The prevailing winds are west and north-west, and, during the winter-Augustand September-south.
An Antarctic Mystery
8
The prevailing winds that had favored his outward passage were now against him.
The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea / Being The Narr...
9
The smoke could clear again today, depending on the prevailing winds.
Reuters
10
If the Democrats do win Ford might bend to next year's prevailing winds.
The new yorker
11
Next she turned to some thoughts about the prevailing winds in Kihara Gorge.
The clouds beneath the sun
12
Given the prevailing winds, perhaps British politicians should be complaining about our exported pollutants.
The Irish Times
13
The prevailing winds in British Columbia come from the Pacific.
Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education
14
And if the prevailing winds are prevailing that day .
Wizard and glass
15
He has not, however, been blown with the prevailing winds.
Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)
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We are lucky in our prevailing winds and our deserts.
The Human Factor
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Prevailing winds through the time
Prevailing winds across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common