When the wind suddenly begins to blow in a different direction, you say it ________.
| CHANGED | 585 |
| SHIFTED | 107 |
| CHANGING | 40 |
| NR | 34 |
| SWITCHED | 33 |
| CHANGEABLE | 21 |
| CHANGED DIRECTION | 20 |
| CHANGED ITS COURSE | 17 |
| TURNED | 16 |
| VEERED | 16 |
| CHANGED COURSE | 11 |
| SHIFTED AROUND | 11 |
| CHANGED OFF | 10 |
| CHANGED DIRECTIONS | 9 |
| VARIABLE | 8 |
| BACKED AROUND | 7 |
| CHANGE OF WIND | 5 |
| CHANGED AROUND | 5 |
| CHANGES | 5 |
| SHIFTING | 4 |
| CHANGES COURSE | 3 |
| CHANGING DIRECTION | 3 |
| HAS CHANGED | 3 |
| HAS TURNED | 3 |
| HAULED AROUND | 3 |
| SWITCHED DIRECTION | 3 |
| WHIPPED AROUND | 3 |
| A-CHANGING | 2 |
| CHANGED ITS MIND | 2 |
| CHANGING COURSE | 2 |
| CHANGING DIRECTIONS | 2 |
| HAULED | 2 |
| STORMY | 2 |
| SWERVED | 2 |
| SWITCHED DIRECTIONS | 2 |
| TURNED ABOUT | 2 |
| TURNED AROUND | 2 |
| ADVERSE | 1 |
| ALTERED | 1 |
| ALTERED ITS COURSE | 1 |
| ANTI-CLOCKWISE | 1 |
| BACKED | 1 |
| BACKED UP | 1 |
| BACKENIN’ IN | 1 |
| BLEW IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION | 1 |
| BLOWING UP SOMETHING | 1 |
| BREAKER | 1 |
| CAUSED BY THE WHIRLWINDS | 1 |
| CHANGE | 1 |
| CHANGE IN THE WEATHER | 1 |
| CHANGED ANGLES | 1 |
| CHANGED COURSES | 1 |
| CHANGED ITS DIRECTION | 1 |
| CHANGED ITSELF | 1 |
| CHANGED NORTHWEST | 1 |
| CHANGED OFF DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| CHANGES DIRECTION | 1 |
| CHANGES DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| CHANGES ITS COURSE | 1 |
| CHANGING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH | 1 |
| CHANGING ITS COURSE | 1 |
| CHANGING OFF | 1 |
| CHANGING WIND | 1 |
| COMING AROUND | 1 |
| COMING FROM THE NORTH | 1 |
| CONTRARY | 1 |
| COUNTER CLOCKWISE | 1 |
| CYCLONE | 1 |
| DODGED AROUND | 1 |
| ERRATIC | 1 |
| FICKLE WIND | 1 |
| FIXING TO COME TO A STOP | 1 |
| FOG CLOUDS | 1 |
| FRONT’S PASSED | 1 |
| GATHERING A STORM | 1 |
| GETTING AROUND | 1 |
| GOES EAST | 1 |
| GOING A DIFFERENT WAY | 1 |
| GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION | 1 |
| GOING TO BLOW UP A RAIN | 1 |
| GOING TO RAIN | 1 |
| GOING TO STORM | 1 |
| GONNA CHANGE | 1 |
| GOT CHANGED | 1 |
| HAUL ABOUT | 1 |
| HAULS AROUND | 1 |
| IN THE EAST NOW | 1 |
| IT’S VARIABLE | 1 |
| KAPAKAHI | 1 |
| LETTING UP | 1 |
| LOOK OUT, HERE IT COMES | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE A STORM | 1 |
| MOVED DIRECTIONS | 1 |
| MOVING OUT | 1 |
| NORTH WIND | 1 |
| PREPARING TO STORM | 1 |
| PRODUCED A CROSSWIND | 1 |
| PULLING OUT | 1 |
| REVERSED ITSELF | 1 |
| SHIFF | 1 |
| SHIFT IN THE WIND | 1 |
| SHIFT OF WIND | 1 |
| SHIFTED OFF | 1 |
| SHIFTED QUARTER | 1 |
| SHIFTED ROUND | 1 |
| SHIFTED TO ANOTHER DIRECTION | 1 |
| SHIFTED TO THE NORTH | 1 |
| SHIFTED WEST | 1 |
| SOLDIER’S WIND | 1 |
| SUDDEN CHANGE | 1 |
| SWITCHED AROUND | 1 |
| SWITCHED OVER | 1 |
| SWITCHED TO THE EAST | 1 |
| SWUNG AROUND | 1 |
| TAKES A CHANGE | 1 |
| THERE’S A CHANGE IN THE WIND | 1 |
| THERE’S A STORM BREWING | 1 |
| THREATENING RAIN | 1 |
| TORNADO | 1 |
| TURNED AND GOING BACK EAST NOW | 1 |
| TURNED BACK | 1 |
| TURNING | 1 |
| UNPREDICTABLE | 1 |
| UNSTABLE WEATHER | 1 |
| VARIED | 1 |
| VEERS | 1 |
| WEATHER HAS CHANGED | 1 |
| WEATHER’S CHANGING | 1 |
| WHIPPED AROUND TO THE NORTH | 1 |
| WHIRLING | 1 |
| WHIRLING AROUND | 1 |
| WIND CHANGE | 1 |
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