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"ref": "2022 June 17, Michelle Goldberg, “The Future Isn’t Female Anymore”, in The New York Times:",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kaws",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كَوْس"
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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"word": "رِيَاح مُضَادَّة"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "riyāḥ ʕaksiyya",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "رِيَاح عَكْسِيَّة"
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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"word": "vent de proa"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "protivítr"
},
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
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"word": "modvind"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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"word": "tegenwind"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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"word": "mótvindur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "vastatuuli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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"word": "vent debout"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gegenwind"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antíthetos ánemos",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "αντίθετος άνεμος"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "ru'ah paním",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "רוּחַ פָּנִים"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ruakh negdit",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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"word": "רוּחַ נֶגְדִית"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "ellenszél"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mótvindur"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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"word": "mótbyr"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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"word": "andbyr"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
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"word": "andviðri"
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"code": "izh",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "vastain tuuli"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "gaoth chinn"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
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"word": "gaoth ghann"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "vento di prua"
},
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"alt": "むかいかぜ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mukaikaze",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "向かい風"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qarsy jel",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "қарсы жел"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "hautūmū"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "haupāuma"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "pāuma"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
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"masculine"
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"word": "motbør"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "motvind"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vento ponteiro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vstréčnyj véter",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "встре́чный ве́тер"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viento de proa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "motvind"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "edurugāli",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "ఎదురుగాలి"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"word": "pruva rüzgârı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zustríčnyj víter",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зустрі́чний ві́тер"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gwynt blaen"
}
],
"word": "headwind"
}
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