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northeaster
/ ˌnɔːθˈiːstə; ˌnɔːrˈiːstə /
noun
- a strong wind or storm from the northeast
Example Sentences
Meanwhile a former Taliban commander, Mohammad Amir, his son and two others were killed when gunmen opened fire on their car in northeaster Kunar province, according to Maulvi Najeebullah, provincial culture and information department chief.
These northeasters dump rain in squalls that last for miles, and then they let up briefly.
The man surrendered in mid-September to U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters pursuing an offensive against Islamic State’s former stronghold of Raqqa, in northeaster Syria.
Forces from Nigeria and neighboring Chad earlier this year drove the extremists out of cities and towns in northeaster Nigeria where they had proclaimed an Islamic caliphate.
Early the next morning, the ship was caught in a northeaster, driven toward shore, and dashed upon the rocks just outside Cohasset Harbor.
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