When the Chernobyl reactor in the Ukraine melted down, an entire reactor with virtually no containment system exploded, spewing huge amounts of radioactive material into the air, where they were blown by the wind into habitable areas.

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He flies to the next town over and perches in all the trees, then falls to the ground in several different countries and is blown away by the wind, which hammers endlessly in all the ears he has more than he is capable of counting.

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Asphalt shingles ( the most common roofing material in the U.S.) can become loose, cracked, be blown off by the wind or be damaged by hail.

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He realized that nearly 50 people were on the ice that had become separated from the shore and being blown out to sea by the prevailing wind.

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Your assurances of an economic recovery in the second half are in the wind, blown away by the continuing string of terrible economic reports.

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There is the rubbish that comes from the land, delivered by run-off, storm water drains and the wind-blown rubbish that people leave behind.

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He eats like a man whose gut should protrude far over his belt, yet he looks like a man who could be blown off the mound at any moment by a strong gust of wind.

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An inflatable zeppelin used by Buckinghamshire protesters to show the height of a planned wind turbine has been blown away in strong gusts.

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