cross-wind

• “I thought he was using a cross-wind to come to my grunt call.”

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• “The wind blew strongly in my direction, but at a slight cross-wind angle, magnifying the coyote's incessant barking/howling.”

  The Coyote--to Shoot or Not to Shoot. That is the Question.

• “These are the same batch of balls as used hitherto but the overhead conditions are different, with the suffocating low cloud of St John's Wood and the humidity of Trent Bridge replaced by a buffeting cross-wind that eventually forced the umpires to call for the heavy lignum vitae bails.”

  The Guardian: India 224, England 84-0 | Third Test day one match report

• “Well, 1¼ if you count the Dash-8s using the cross-wind runway to fly to Seattle every half hour.”

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• “Armstrong attacked Contador on a cross-wind stage early on, and then criticised him publicly for not following the team's gameplan in the Pyrenees.”

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• “And a cross-wind can blow a fastball off track by about three inches.”

  The Washington Post: Can the wind make Strasburg's fastball faster?

• “Conversely, a wind blowing in from the outfield can be the reason a well hit ball stays in the park, while a cross-wind can be the difference between a fair or foul ball.”

  The Washington Post: Can the wind make Strasburg's fastball faster?

• “We always at the very least use a cross-wind or you see squat.”

  Timing is Everything

• “Gould's 41-yard field goal into a stiff cross-wind tied the game at 24-24 with 4 minutes 24 seconds left.”

  Overtime field goal boosts Bears past Seahawks into NFC title game

• “This meant riding by myself for 6+ hours, into a head or cross-wind the whole time.”

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