tailwinds

noun

plural of tailwind
as in headwinds

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  1. headwinds
  2. blows
  3. gales
  4. tornadoes
  5. gusts
  6. winds
  7. squalls
Noun
  • Such headwinds are unfamiliar for Reform, which had previously been in the ascendancy, leading national opinion polls and enjoying historic gains in local elections.
    — Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Certification bodies and government stakeholders – constituencies that typically favor precision – are trending in the opposite direction, choosing flexibility over rigidity in the face of political headwinds.
    — Mike Feibus, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of headwinds
Noun
  • Former boxer Prichard Colón has died at age 33, 11 years after sustaining life-altering blows to the head during the only defeat of his professional career.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Some encouraging blows for common sense were struck by primary voters to our north on Tuesday, on both sides of the aisle.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of blows
Noun
  • The weather in Wales was terrible, with snow and freezing temperatures and Arctic gales.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Out in the ferocious gales of the North Sea, on the overcrowded routes of the Irish Sea and the English Channel, and off to the islands’ west, the wide Atlantic herself.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Definition of gales
Noun
  • Earlier this week, severe storms wreaked havoc across other parts of the Midwest, causing tornadoes, heavy rains and flash flooding.
    — NBC News, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
  • With four months left in the year, though, Borchadt believes Illinois may top Texas’s all-time record of 244 tornadoes in 2015.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of tornadoes
Noun
  • Severe weather cut power to nearly 1 million customers in the Midwest as perilous thunderstorms and extreme wind gusts pummeled the region Tuesday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Severe weather cut power Tuesday in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous storms pummeled the region, darkening the sky and carrying extreme wind gusts across state lines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of gusts
Noun
  • For travelers who want to climb higher, another route begins at Gortsia and winds through forest before emerging onto the Plateau of the Muses.
    — Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Lightning, gusty winds and heavy downpours are the primary concerns.
    — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of winds
Noun
  • Cold rain fell in an endless drizzle, broken only by harder squalls.
    — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
  • The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
Definition of squalls
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