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Examples of downdraft
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I don't think a downdraft is good, but if it can focus us away from consumerism.
From the washingtonpost.com
Some mutual fund managers managed to beat the market downdraft so far this year.
From the suntimes.com
Commercial airlines were in a tailspin, and Boeing was caught in the downdraft.
From the businessweek.com
Stock prices have ballooned since then, the current downdraft notwithstanding.
From the sfgate.com
During the current downdraft, diversification has not shielded many investors.
From the nytimes.com
Outside, even a slight breeze can create a downdraft, forcing smoke out the front.
From the newsobserver.com
Fuel is fed to the engine via a pair of Solex compound downdraft carburetors.
From the washingtontimes.com
The woman in the forest made a culturally reasonable interpretation of a downdraft.
From the scienceblogs.com
The unit has been caught in the downdraft hurting financial-services stocks.
From the kentucky.com
- A strong downward air current
- An updraft or downdraft (air pocket) is the vertical movement of air as a weather related phenomenon. One of two forces causes the air to move. Localized regions of warm or cool air will exhibit vertical movement. ...
- A small-scale column of air that rapidly sinks toward the ground, usually accompanied by precipitation as in a shower or thunderstorm. A downburst is the result of a strong downdraft.
- Downward blast of air from a thunderstorm cloud, felt at the surface as a cool gust.
- Downward moving air, usually within a thunderstorm cell.
- Downward movement of air as a result of convection.
- When a column of air in the chimney reverses its direction.
- A descending flow or current of air, especially a thermal inversion caused by a cooling surface or an aperture in the earth's topography.
- A relatively small-scale, downward moving current of air.
