snowball
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A quick look at the numbers shows how interest payments are set to snowball, potentially creating all sorts of other problems down the line.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
"I'm optimistic that we're all snowflakes in that snowball that's getting bigger and bigger."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
He describes it as a "big snowball effect".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
If Japan’s interest rates increase again to support the yen then there’s a danger it could snowball again as savings rush home and hedge funds cash in their chips all at once.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
In time, the tobogganing degenerated into a snowball fight, which the old folks seemed to be enjoying as much as Karl and his friends were.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
This process gives comets their fuzzy appearance and explains why astronomers often refer to them as "dirty snowballs."
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
Video shows snowballs flying at them from multiple directions.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026
The goal: hit all seven players on the opposing team using perfectly spherical snowballs made with a special machine, or capture their flag.
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
He sat quietly in the classroom during recess, resting himself, while the others rushed outdoors and threw snowballs and wrestled in the snow.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
She said she thought the idea would "start as a couple of friends" but has since snowballed into a team of more than 40 volunteers.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Since the railway station canopy collapse in November 2024, which killed 16 people, calls for a transparent investigation into what happened have snowballed into a push for early polls.
From Barron's ● May 23, 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
If she hadn’t acted, it might have snowballed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
As these things often seem to happen, the disaster snowballed.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Jason Arday, who made headlines when appointed as Cambridge's youngest black professor in 2023, resigned Wednesday after the university announced a probe into snowballing claims he plagiarised parts of his PhD thesis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
It’s been a wild ride for the pair, but despite their snowballing fame, they swear they’re like any other dad and daughter who bicker, joke around and simply enjoy each other’s company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
On Jan. 8, the regime shut off the internet and moved to crush the snowballing movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 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
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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