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snowstorm

[snoh-stawrm] / ˈsnoʊˌstɔrm /
NOUN
snow
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A team that plays in an enclosed stadium never has to worry about a snowstorm neutralizing its passing game.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Dan Bennette: I was unemployed for a little bit and looking for a little pocket money, so I saw during the first snowstorm that they were doing emergency shovelers and I just signed up online.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2026

This is the second major snowstorm of the first-time mayor's administration, coming after 19 people died during a three-week cold snap in January.

From BBC Feb. 22, 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

We had been relieving ourselves outside, but with the snowstorm in full rage, we had no choice but to sit on a bucket in the jurta.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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

In January, the American Red Cross declared a blood emergency after the national supply fell 35 percent that month, due to interruptions to blood drives caused by snowstorms and a nationwide flu outbreak.

From Slate May 9, 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

Masha Dolina, who’d been slowly struggling between snowstorms to make her own way to the 587th’s new air base with her navigator and gunner, had stopped to refuel.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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