avalanche

He told different people he had stepbrothers whose parents died in a fishing accident or an avalanche, a former employee recalled.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

William & Mary used “a thrilling avalanche of forward passes” and “set their teeth grimly to stage a gigantic comeback” in the third quarter, according to a Newport News story at the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Preliminary calculations based on the seismic signal the landslide produced indicate that the ice-and-rock avalanche in Nepal was likely 10 times the volume of the one in Blatten, said Schwanghart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has called the gigantic wave triggered by a rock and ice avalanche a "Himalayan tsunami".

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

A distinguished British student of animal populations, Dr. Charles Elton, has said, “We are hearing the early rumblings of what may become an avalanche in strength.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The researchers point to possible applications in avalanches, landslides, materials science, and particle-filled inks used in 3D printing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

As permafrost degrades, glacial lake outbursts and rock-ice avalanches are expected to increase, producing faster, debris-laden floods that are harder to forecast.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

These deposits form when underwater avalanches of mud, sand, and debris rush down the seafloor and eventually settle into thick sediment layers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

From the vantage point of our helicopter above the Alps, you can make out scars and dimples from recent avalanches.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

The glacier rumbled, and little avalanches of snow tumbled down the cliffside.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

James and the Lakers were getting avalanched, a run to undo a 17-point deficit got them to within a point before the Grizzlies smothered them with a barrage of baskets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

No wonder Norway avalanched us in the medal count last month.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018

It added: "Two of the rescue team men avalanched traversing below No 3 Gully Buttress."

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2016

The awareness of the trend has since avalanched.

From Forbes ● Mar. 9, 2011

The wind howled, the snow avalanched, and the air creaked.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Unlike ski resorts, which use explosives and other mechanisms to keep inbounds slopes from avalanching during ski days, the backcountry is uncontrolled.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021

For many artists the avalanching awards and wealth of later life come with an unwelcome diminishing of ideas, but Rauschenberg was still avid for discoveries in his 80s.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2016

The results came in slowly throughout all the night, and then all at once, with calls avalanching in from key states between 10 and 11 p.m..

From Time ● Nov. 5, 2014

After more than a year of avalanching allegations, the Cleveland Browns quarterback is close to emerging from a mess he created better off than he was before.

From Washington Post

Back we go, avalanching rocks as we scramble up the shaley streambed and arrive at the embankment where we had seen an ear of corn.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George