The word "squalls" is correct in written English.
It is typically used to describe sudden, brief bursts of wind or rain, often in a weather context.
Example: "The sailors were caught off guard by the squalls that swept through the bay."
Alternatives: "Gusts" or "Storms."
However, Christie had become a large enough public figure to ride out such squalls, andretired in 1998 with a Labour government returned and his primary objective, Scottish devolution, assured.
Viet Cong: Viet Cong Guitar squalls and pounding drums abound on this debut full-length release from the Canadian post-punk band.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which has raised interest rates twice this year, still has work to do.The pace of rate hikes will be governed by two imponderables: the monsoon, which is now sweeping up the coastal state of Kerala, and the squalls on world financial markets, which have swept outwards from Greece.
Parachutes open too late or squalls of wind send a jumper into a cliff.
To this day, it remains a temperamental stretch of water that can generate sudden squalls and treat outsiders in unpredictable ways, even when efforts are being made to appease its restless spirits.In 1992, the late Turkish president, Turgut Ozal, thought he could assuage those spirits for ever and turn the sea into a zone of peace and co-operation, where ancient trade routes would thrive anew.
Still, if few signs of improvement show soon, expect real blood-letting on Wall Street.In this section Pay up A blunt tool Fools in need of institutions Filling a gap Don't mention that word Basel postponed Occasional squalls Of Aces and busted flushes Hunting where the ducks are Mere fiddling Reprints Related items Wall Street: You need a friendJun 28th 2001.
IN HAITI the year is ending with squalls of street protest.
Is Japan cursed by being terminally ungovernable?Let's twist again like we did last summerThe question will be easier to answer, first once it is known how Mr Hatoyama and Mr Ozawa weather the immediate political squalls, and then with the results of elections to be held in July for half of the seats in the Diet's upper house.
The squalls will get worse when central bankers start selling the bonds on their balance-sheets or tightening lending rules to prevent a new housing bubble.
These stories are like violent squalls that come roaring out of nowhere, and pass just as quickly.
But the squalls are part of a bigger storm.
