How to Use headwind in a Sentence

headwind

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  • That could be a headwind for stocks in the months to come.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 8 July 2021
  • The runners had to deal with a strong headwind on the backstretch.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Now, Keytruda may face headwinds even in the near term.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • But already there are signs the bill could face headwinds.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 14 Feb. 2024
  • All the late-night shows face new headwinds and challenges.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Books were still good, the work still worthwhile, despite the stiff headwinds.
    — Kevin Lozano, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
  • How will Studiocanal grow in the face of such headwinds?
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Each new headwind would have been a valid reason on its own to abort our plans.
    — Jim Olson, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • The temperature will be near 70 with a 12 mile-an-hour headwind from the northeast.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The race was run into a slight headwind, but Williams was undeterred.
    — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 8 June 2022
  • But if a headwind gives way to a tailwind, say, or if a cloudy day turns clear and the crystals of the snow shift, then advantages can, too.
    — Howard Fendrich and Pat Graham, chicagotribune.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • That's a lot of headwind to overcome for a statewide Black Democratic candidate in the South.
    — Keith Boykin, CNN, 21 June 2021
  • The industry headwinds have even forced some out of business.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
  • Shares closed Thursday down 44% from that pre-report high, and the sales report proved to be a headwind for Lucid shares as well.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Jonas said the technology may prove to be a headwind Lordstown can do without in the post-Burns era.
    — David Welch, Fortune, 15 June 2021
  • Demand is still very much present, even in light of economic headwinds.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
  • What will make this even harder is the strong headwind of rising capital costs.
    — University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The new headwinds, in the form of lawsuit probes, add to the pressure Apple was already facing in China before.
    — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
  • But Baggaley said even that is little more than a headwind.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 July 2021
  • However, the uptick in new home sales isn’t enough to stop the economic headwinds created by the housing slump.
    — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Paramount Global has struggled in the face of sector-wide headwinds.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 2 July 2024
  • The inflationary fears were a real headwind to tech stocks.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 June 2021
  • The last few hours took exhaustive effort to move straight into fierce headwind.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Lavoie notes that firms, in a survey, now cite weak domestic demand as the biggest headwind for sales growth.
    — Wsj Pro, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The company has had to battle economic headwinds in the U.K. and beyond.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Still, the Kremlin seems to be facing a headwind, at least temporarily, in part because of that war.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The industry’s goal to reach carbon neutrality in the next 26 years faces strong headwinds in cost alone.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Some analysts believe there are still some headwinds to watch for.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • Polling indicates a tight race, but Osborn too faces headwinds in a state with a heavy Republican lean.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • These fact-checking systems have faced headwinds from all sides of the political spectrum.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024

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