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avalanche

[av-uh-lanch, -lahnch] / ˈæv əˌlæntʃ, -ˌlɑntʃ /
NOUN
falling large mass; sudden rush of large quantity
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Raskin has vowed to expose an "avalanche of corruption", the paper reports, but adds that he has said his "overriding priority" will be to restore the "rule of law and constitutional government".

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

And while training together for the big summit push by climbing a lower peak in Nepal in 2022, Nelson loses her footing in an avalanche the size of a small snow drift.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

But the narrative shifts dramatically when Morrison and Nelson, a romantic couple attempting a training climb and downhill ski in the Himalayas, experience an avalanche on the eighth-highest mountain in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Utah issued an apology even as an avalanche of social media reaction was mainly critical of McAfee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Without Sue, without her almost constant presence, how could he have withstood such an avalanche of shocks—the crime itself, his interviews with Mr. Dewey, the pathetic irony of being for a while the principal suspect?

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Nelson is lost amid a series of avalanches, and the clock starts ticking.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 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 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

Beetee was right about being unable to control the avalanches once they’d been set in motion.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

A million tons of sodden dirt avalanched down onto Riverside Drive from Elysian Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

But many of today’s backcountry users want to make graceful turns through steep slopes covered with untracked powder, which means they generally want to ski slopes that have a relatively high possibility of avalanching.

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


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