winter
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A leading emergency doctor has said she is "completely terrified" about upcoming winter pressures on Scotland's already-stretched NHS.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“I won’t say 100% sure we’re going to see this this winter, but this is a type of thing we may see a lot more of this winter,” Warrick said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Last winter, food began to run low as fewer volunteers braved the road to deliver supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
She said she wanted to remedy a lack of statistics kept around corridor care and to move towards a system where preparing for winter was a "year-round" activity.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
It was the last day of winter break, and she was digging clothes out of her closet to throw onto a nearby chair.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
The treadmill offered an escape from Ohio’s winters, but he quickly found other advantages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
My husband wants to spend about $1.2 million on a second home somewhere warm, where we could spend the winters and have the kids and our friends come stay.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
That the Dodgers invested $72 million in Scott and $69 million in Díaz in consecutive winters would lead you to conclude Friedman does indeed believe in the concept of a designated closer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Looking back at previous winters that followed a strong El Niño since 1900, just one - the winter of 1982/83 - saw widespread disruptive snow.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Her cheekbones were still high and strong, but the skin was parched and ruddy from all those winters and summers exposed to the elements.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
A particularly steep downturn began in the winter of 2018, when about 30,000 monarch butterflies wintered in California, according to Emma Pelton, a monarch conservation biologist with the Xerces Society.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
He consulted her remotely when he wintered in Florida; he has also seen his cardiologist and his sleep specialist through telehealth.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
In the classic migration pattern, flocks that wintered in the southern U.S. fly north in the spring, returning to the same spots in the high and sub-Arctic to breed and nest.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 16, 2020
The social pages followed his comings and goings, when he summered in Bar Harbor and wintered in Boca Raton.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019
When it continued to zag she realized the pilot was following a meandering river where game wintered.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
Ospreys are migratory birds which journey from wintering grounds in west Africa to Europe in the spring to breed.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
After spending the summer in the Hamptons, Icahn is wintering at his house on the Miami-area island known as Billionaire Bunker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
The species is considered territorial and doesn’t mix well with other wintering birds, according to Fish and Wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
This study found that colonies wintering outside in colder areas like Omak in the far north of Washington state might still do all right under climate change.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
Drum’s course took him back to his wintering grounds on the Chilean shore.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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