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snowstorm

[snoh-stawrm] / ˈsnoʊˌstɔrm /
NOUN
snow
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Perhaps you blow a tire while driving through a sudden snowstorm, with help several hours away.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Video taken Monday afternoon in Washington Square Park shows a snowball fight following an epic snowstorm devolving into some parkgoers apparently targeting police with snowballs.

From BBC Feb. 25, 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

A major snowstorm hit Austria on Friday leaving four people dead and causing power outages and transport chaos, officials said.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

The historic snowstorm of the Kennedy inauguration caused endless trouble.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Together, the three of them had climbed the world's highest peaks, under crisp mountain skies and in treacherous snowstorms.

From BBC Sep. 11, 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 withstood snowstorms in Livigno, cheered the debut of ski mountaineering in Bormio and held their breath while multiple skiers got airlifted off the downhill course in Cortina.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2026

U.S. airlines are likely to face a brutal test over the weekend as snowstorms and arctic air predicted to blanket large swaths of the U.S. will begin to impact their operations as early as Friday.

From MarketWatch Jan. 22, 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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