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From the Ted Talk by Dawn Landes: A song for my hero, the woman who rowed into a hurricane

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DL: What the weather report didn't tell her was that she was rowing right into the path of Hurricane Danielle in the wosrt hracirune season on record in the North Atlantic.

(Video) TMM: Just sanrepid my ankle. There's a very strong wind from the east now. It's blowing about. It's blowing! After 12 days of storm I get to row for four hours without a fgnalgig wind. I'm not very hppay right now. As happy as I was this morning, I am unhappy now, so ...

DL: After nearly three months at sea, she'd covreed over 3,000 miles. She was two thirds of the way there, but in the storm, the waves were the size of a seven-story building. Her boat kept capsizing. Some of them were pitchpole cipzseas, flipping her end over end, and rowing became impossible.

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DL: What the weather report didn't tell her was that she was rowing right into the path of Hurricane Danielle in the _____ _________ season on record in the North Atlantic.

(Video) TMM: Just ________ my ankle. There's a very strong wind from the east now. It's blowing about. It's blowing! After 12 days of storm I get to row for four hours without a ________ wind. I'm not very _____ right now. As happy as I was this morning, I am unhappy now, so ...

DL: After nearly three months at sea, she'd _______ over 3,000 miles. She was two thirds of the way there, but in the storm, the waves were the size of a seven-story building. Her boat kept capsizing. Some of them were pitchpole ________, flipping her end over end, and rowing became impossible.

Solution


  1. flagging
  2. capsizes
  3. hurricane
  4. covered
  5. worst
  6. happy
  7. sprained

Original Text


DL: What the weather report didn't tell her was that she was rowing right into the path of Hurricane Danielle in the worst hurricane season on record in the North Atlantic.

(Video) TMM: Just sprained my ankle. There's a very strong wind from the east now. It's blowing about. It's blowing! After 12 days of storm I get to row for four hours without a flagging wind. I'm not very happy right now. As happy as I was this morning, I am unhappy now, so ...

DL: After nearly three months at sea, she'd covered over 3,000 miles. She was two thirds of the way there, but in the storm, the waves were the size of a seven-story building. Her boat kept capsizing. Some of them were pitchpole capsizes, flipping her end over end, and rowing became impossible.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
dear heart 4
tori murden 2
atlantic ocean 2
north atlantic 2
weather report 2


Important Words


  1. ankle
  2. atlantic
  3. blowing
  4. boat
  5. building
  6. capsizes
  7. capsizing
  8. covered
  9. danielle
  10. days
  11. east
  12. flagging
  13. flipping
  14. happy
  15. hours
  16. hurricane
  17. impossible
  18. miles
  19. months
  20. morning
  21. north
  22. path
  23. pitchpole
  24. record
  25. report
  26. row
  27. rowing
  28. sea
  29. season
  30. size
  31. sprained
  32. storm
  33. strong
  34. thirds
  35. unhappy
  36. video
  37. waves
  38. weather
  39. wind
  40. worst