avalanche
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The avalanche itself moved too fast for conventional warnings to help those closest to it, the scientists say.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Anything that blocks them, be it an avalanche or landslide, will lead to a "big accumulation of water, then it creates these incredibly fast floods."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
"The avalanche of truth starts with snowflakes," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The swift unwind of Situational shows how quickly information can spread across Wall Street when a trader is in trouble—and how fast it can lead to an avalanche of selling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A veritable avalanche of earth and rocks cascaded over the parapet.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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 avalanche risk remains high in parts of Tyrol - meaning avalanches can be expected - where two fatal avalanches occurred on Friday in off-piste areas.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
Five people were killed in a series of avalanches in the Austrian Alps as heavy snowfall hit the region on Friday.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
The latest deaths took to 18 the number of dead in avalanches in Austria this winter season.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
The materials were loose, so there were constant little avalanches.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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
The wind howled, the snow avalanched, and the air creaked.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
But many of today’s backcountry users want to make graceful turns through steep slopes covered with untracked powder, which means they generally want to ski slopes that have a relatively high possibility of avalanching.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
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
Back we go, avalanching rocks as we scramble up the shaley streambed and arrive at the embankment where we had seen an ear of corn.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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