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The sailors looked windswept and tired.
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In this dry, windswept rural landscape dotted with homes and ranches about 50 miles from downtown Los Angeles, wildfires have always been a threat.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
In the early 1960s, an architect turned developer named Al Boeke envisioned a new community on a windswept bluff and former sheep ranch a few hours north of San Francisco.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 8 May 2024
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
In the early 1960s, an architect turned developer named Al Boeke envisioned a new community on a windswept bluff and former sheep ranch a few hours north of San Francisco.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 8 May 2024
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“Windswept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windswept. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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windswept
adjective
wind·swept
-ˌswept 
: disturbed by or as if by wind
a windswept beach
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