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snowstorm

[snoh-stawrm] / ˈsnoʊˌstɔrm /
NOUN
snow
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Shoveling out my car after a snowstorm while chatting with an Oura-wearing friend, we speculated about whether the ring would know what I’d been up to.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

This past week’s snowstorm has been described as “historic” for its hurricane-force winds and massive amount of snowfall, and it’s just one of several snowstorms this area of the country has had this season.

From Slate Feb. 25, 2026

The heavy snowstorm has prevented rescuers from transporting the bodies from the backcountry to a morgue in the nearby town of Truckee, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said at a news conference on Wednesday.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2026

In front of Moscow's ornate Bolshoi Theatre, its soft yellow lights illuminating a snowstorm in the Russian capital, Valentina Ivakina had come to "escape today's problems".

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

A dream: I am lost in a snowstorm.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Throughout its long life, the tree had survived fires, winds and snowstorms and more recently, the extreme weather that comes with climate change.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

“During big snowstorms, firms often let employees work from home for the week, and similarly they cut them some slack when gas prices hit $4, or in California $5 or even $6.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 1, 2026

He has already contended with two major snowstorms and a cold snap in which 19 people died from exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

This past week’s snowstorm has been described as “historic” for its hurricane-force winds and massive amount of snowfall, and it’s just one of several snowstorms this area of the country has had this season.

From Slate Feb. 25, 2026

They made the one-hundred-mile trip from her father’s home to Jefferson’s plantation in one of the worst snowstorms in Virginia history.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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