in the wind

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in the wind

Fig. about to happen. There are some major changes in the wind. Expect these changes to happen soon. There is something in the wind. We'll find out what it is soon.

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At the end house of the village some frozen clothes hanging on a line--shirts, one red and one white, trousers, leg-bands, and a petticoat--fluttered wildly in the wind. Master and Man by Tolstoy, Leo View in context A veer in the wind induced them to slack off sheets, and five minutes afterward a sudden veer from the opposite quarter caught all three schooners aback, and those on shore could see the boom-tackles being slacked away or cast off on the jump. South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context But turning to the steersman, who thus far had been holding the ship in the wind to diminish her headway, he cried out in his old lion voice, -- Up helm Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context			in the same ballpark in the same boat in the same breath in the same league in the scheme of things in the second place in the shadow of in the short run in the short term in the soup in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the swim of things in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in theory in there pitching in these parts in this day and age in this regard in those parts in time in times past in token of in top form in total in touch in touch with in tow in transit in triplicate in trouble			in the unlikely event that happens if in the usual course of things in the vicinity in the vicinity of in the vicinity of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the wake of in the wake of In the Wake of Gods in the way in the way in the way in the way in the way of in the way of someone in the way of someone or something In the way with in the whole in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world In the Wild In the Wild in the wilderness in the wind In the wind's eye in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the world in the world in the world in the worst way in the worst way in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong In the wrong box in the wrong place in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the year of grace in the year of grace

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