avalanche

Hence the avalanche that fell on Blake Lemoine, a former Google engineer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Initial reports from Nepal had suggested that an earthquake may have triggered the ice avalanche and landslide.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

"We believe a rock-ice avalanche occurred in Nepal, blocking the Lhende river and causing the cascading flood event," Sarthak Shrestha, a remote sensing and geo information analyst with the intergovernmental institute, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

"The avalanche of truth starts with snowflakes," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

It trembled, and then an avalanche of rage made the cavern walls shudder and dust drop from the ceiling.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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

And although thick, this season's snow covering has been unstable, contributing to a steep rise in the number of people killed by alpine avalanches.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

The latest deaths took to 18 the number of dead in avalanches in Austria this winter season.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

The man was among six people rescued in four separate incidents on and around Ben Nevis - two of which were during avalanches.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

We slid down on our behinds, little avalanches of sand pouring around our feet and down our pants.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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

He was happy to learn this, he said, for the Brooks Range was treacherous in winter; whole mountainsides avalanched, and storms brewed up in mere minutes.

From "Julie of the Wolves" 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

In late 1997 he probably single-handedly stopped a panic about Korean debt from avalanching into a U.S. market crash by working the phones, convincing international bankers that they should cut Korea a break.

From Time Magazine Archive

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