snowstorm
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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
Congress was out and the streets of D.C. were still frozen over with the “snowcrete” left from the recent snowstorm.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 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
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered a shutdown Sunday of the city's entire traffic network to all but emergency travel ahead of a massive snowstorm expected to hit the northeast United States.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
I thought about New York and the noise and the lights and how a snowstorm always seemed very friendly there.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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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
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
Home sales fell 8.4% in January, the biggest monthly decline since February 2022, after snowstorms and low consumer confidence slowed a housing market that was showing signs of recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 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
This winter the snowstorms and darkness had really got to me.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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