snowball
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"I'm optimistic that we're all snowflakes in that snowball that's getting bigger and bigger."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Meteor showers happen when the Earth passes through trails of debris from asteroids or comets - a snowball of frozen rock and gas orbiting the Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Over the years, this memorable, round figure became a shorthand for a portfolio that could snowball into a large sum of money.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Norwegians formed local supporters’ clubs and talented players began migrating to England, creating a snowball effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
I’d roped Danielle and Anna into my wicked plan, which led to Peter’s devastating snowball.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
The marks left by the so called "cosmic snowballs" on Dimorphos suggest that debris spun off Didymos and later landed on its companion.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
Then some older kid would decide that this was personal, and within minutes it was a full campaign of snowballs and tackle football in our park turned blank white.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026
All that remained was to put rules down on paper, develop special helmets and invent a machine to mould the snowballs.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
That’s because it provides a buffer against many surprise expenses that may wind up as credit-card debt, which is often hard to pay off and snowballs due to high interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
She used to throw snowballs at them and help them steal pies from the kitchen.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Then, coupled with Cheah’s own social-media efforts, it snowballed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
She said it was accepted that what had started in 2019 as a "misguided wish" on the part of the defendant to help friends and family then "snowballed" into something far larger.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
The protests have since snowballed into a revolt, marked by calls for Paz's resignation, just six months after he took office.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
“I’ve seen Los Angeles when it was beautiful, and what it has snowballed into,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
He plunged and snowballed and tumbled and laughed until the sky in the west turned fiery orange.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
The U.S. is rushing to build infrastructure to stay ahead of China in the AI race, but consumer backlash is snowballing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Badouard pointed to the so-called "network effect" that powered the snowballing of major platforms' user numbers as a factor now shielding them from competition.
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
The report had the effect of snowballing losses, as the company had already disclosed problems impacting over 6,000 aircraft.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
Union bosses say teachers are under unprecedented pressure, suffering from snowballing demands, ever increasing workloads and, in many cases, burnout.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
Things had been snowballing, fast, and I couldn’t pretend I wasn’t scared anymore.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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