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lee

[lee] / li /


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"When I saw Jerry lee Lewis I thought it was the best thing I'd ever seen apart from Little Richard - and then I saw Elton," he says.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2025

The winds developed as a strong low pressure zone intensified in the lee of Rocky Mountains.

From Seattle Times Dec. 31, 2021

“I’m absolutely convinced that the tragedy was the result of wind and snow deposition, and the fact that they pitched camp in the lee of a ridge,” Wilkinson adds.

From National Geographic Jan. 28, 2021

“The holloway is absence,” Macfarlane explains; “a wood-way worn away by buried feet. … Walking, running, hiding man, huddled in the lee of a tree.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2020

Both were to the lee side of the storm.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Aged 3-4 years on the lees, this opulent sparkler from a venerable Champagne house comes in an elegant flagon-shaped bottle.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

Like Muscadet, this is a wine with a lot of seaside influence with body, also often intensified by lees contact.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2023

The cava brut designation means it was aged a minimum of nine months on the lees.

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2022

In Austria, three tiers of quality — Klassik, Reserve, and Große Reserve — regulate region of origin, alcohol level, winemaking methods, and lees aging with increasing strictness.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2022

“Now,” cried the man, and he aimed a furious swipe at Lancelot’s lees.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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