avalanche
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“If we are a pebble in that avalanche, then I’m happy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
On that note, a successful trip does not require a photogenic avalanche of produce.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
The avalanche has sparked an outpouring of shock in the mountaineering community, especially in Nepal, and leaders including Britain's Prince William have expressed condolences to the families of the climbers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Renowned climber Nirmal Purja and nine other mountaineers died after an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Clutching the letter in my hand, I felt an avalanche of emotions of every possible variety.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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
The latest deaths took to 18 the number of dead in avalanches in Austria this winter season.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
But while forecasting and blasting techniques have improved in recent years, it is not impossible for avalanches to hit pistes that have been declared safe.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Six people survived Tuesday's tragedy, one of the deadliest avalanches in modern US history.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
“So you’re suggesting we start avalanches and block the entrances?” asks Lyme.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
James and the Lakers were getting avalanched, a run to undo a 17-point deficit got them to within a point before the Grizzlies smothered them with a barrage of baskets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
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
Macon returned with a basket and avalanched pink shrimp, corn on the cob, and red potatoes across the paper-covered table.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Unlike ski resorts, which use explosives and other mechanisms to keep inbounds slopes from avalanching during ski days, the backcountry is uncontrolled.
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
I froze, my heart in my throat, but the avalanching ice passed fifty yards to the left, out of sight, without doing any damage.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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