avalanche
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Frozen Planet II also pioneered the use of racer drones, which captured the terrifying experience of flying down a mountainside alongside an avalanche.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
April is always an avalanche, but this year the early parts of the fall and spring season were deserts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
“We stand in an avalanche of forgetfulness, resisting the sway of disappearance.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“It’s an avalanche of earnings power,” says Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Enough new snow had accumulated that I feared a massive slab avalanche had released on the slopes above, but when I spun around to look I saw nothing.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing avalanche
"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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Earth Science - Middle School
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