A gust of wind flapped the tents.

一阵风吹动了帐篷。

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A gust of wind blew my hat off.

一阵风把我的帽子刮掉了。

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I was thrown off balance by the sudden gust of wind.

突如其来的一阵风差点儿把我吹倒。

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The destructive and deadly wind gust on Saturday evening in Indianapolis was no chance occurrence.

FORBES: Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse, a Youth Softball Siren, and Respecting the Weather

The collapse is, as of this writing, about to claim its seventh victim, Meagan Toothman, 24, a high school cheerleading coach from Cincinnati. (On Aug. 22, her organs were being harvested for transplant.) Much of it will focus on the construction of the temporary stage itself, which could not withstand a 70 mph wind gust, and fell forward onto the crowd.

FORBES: Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse, a Youth Softball Siren, and Respecting the Weather

But if a big gust of wind pushes the ship too far to the left, the solution is not to figure out a way to generate an equally-sized gust of wind to push the ship back in the other direction.

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