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  • The wireless-operator was by his side, looking over his shoulder through the wind-screen.

    In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

  • They built a wind-screen of planks, and did it so well that they were able to work all day, unhindered by drifts, until, when evening came, they had the whole foundation dug out.

    The South Pole~ On the Barrier 2009

  • “Land,” called the aeronaut, his voice small against the whistling of the air over the wind-screen.

    When the Sleeper Wakes 2006

  • A score of bullets sung through the air, and there flashed a star in the thick glass wind-screen that protected him.

    When the Sleeper Wakes 2006

  • He opened two more valves to his left, swung round, end on to this hostile machine, closed his valves, and shot straight at it, stem and wind-screen shielding him from the shot.

    When the Sleeper Wakes 2006

  • The wind came in gusts over his wind-screen and blew his hair in streamers past his cheek.

    When the Sleeper Wakes 2006

  • They built a wind-screen of planks, and did it so well that they were able to work all day, unhindered by drifts, until, when evening came, they had the whole foundation dug out.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

  • The engine roared to life, agreeing with him, and he switched on the wind-screen wiper against a starting shower.

    In The Frame Francis, Dick 1976

  • She moved her head, looking through the wind-screen at the distant posts where the wire ran.

    The Striker Portfolio Hall, Adam 1968

  • The 17M was still there, stuck in the bush, and they filled the tank while I scraped the frost off the wind-screen.

    The Striker Portfolio Hall, Adam 1968

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