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  • noun Plural form of crosswind.

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Examples

  • Stage 5 ends near Cap Fréhel, a scenic, windswept headland on the northern coast of Brittany, where Bjarne Riis’s CSC team tried to split the race apart in crosswinds on the stage to St. Brieuc in 2004.

    Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Prudhomme hits home run with 2011 Tour route 2010

  • The crosswinds were a problem, too, but the wind never blew where you wanted up here-or more correctly, the people who laid out the runway hadn't known or cared that wind was a factor in flying airplanes.

    The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988

  • Most of these pilots fly their airplane very well in very difficult circumstances, such as crosswinds and heavy turbulence.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Most of these pilots fly their airplane very well in very difficult circumstances, such as crosswinds and heavy turbulence.

    WN.com - Articles related to BA buys £1.3bn pension insurance from Goldmans 2010

  • Most of these pilots fly their airplane very well in very difficult circumstances, such as crosswinds and heavy turbulence.

    WN.com - Articles related to BA buys £1.3bn pension insurance from Goldmans 2010

  • Most of these pilots fly their airplane very well in very difficult circumstances, such as crosswinds and heavy turbulence.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • "The use of an actively controlled bullet will make it possible to counter environmental effects such as crosswinds and air density, and prosecute both stationary and moving targets while enhancing shooter covertness."

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2009

  • "The use of an actively controlled bullet will make it possible to counter environmental effects such as crosswinds and air density, and prosecute both stationary and moving targets while enhancing shooter covertness."

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2009

  • M&A Legal Specialists: Many are in the "crosswinds" of unceasing care opportunities

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • M&A Legal Specialists: Many are in the "crosswinds" of unceasing care opportunities

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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