hibernal

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This all helps explain that despite the striking contrast between a largely unaffected Australian summer and the hibernal catastrophes unfolding elsewhere, there is little hubris.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2021

In 2009, Serge Lutens released Fille en Aiguilles, a cult hit that smells like a Christmas tree farm, and slowly the hibernal trend began to trickle through the indie perfume world.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2018

It turns out to be a swell place for a hibernal vacation.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2016

The people who stage the Millrose Games, an indoor track meet that has been an annual hibernal rite in the Big Apple since 1908, understand the quandary.

From Newsweek • Feb. 13, 2015

The Summer ended when gusts of wind swept the leaves from the trees and when a number of animals crept into their holes to make ready for the long hibernal sleep.

From Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem