winter
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On that winter morning at the Red Rock Correctional Center in Lawton, Oklahoma, Walters was exiting his cell pod when guard Ronnie Sloan approached to deliver the unexpected message.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The pair plans to come back to California for the winter: El Niño is expected to produce intense snowfall they’d like to ski, and ocean swells they’d like to surf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald said the money would "provide some help for families as winter kicks in and energy bills rise".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Even those budgeting fall and winter travel this week will likely see elevated prices.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
One year, during a harsh winter frost, Clare had taken the blanket from his own bed and wrapped it around Captain’s fat beige stem to ensure he’d survive the night.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"We found loss-of-function mutations in certain genes that regulate circadian rhythms, suggesting they may have adapted to the extreme light cycles of summers and winters in northern latitudes."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Increasingly inconsistent weather patterns — including hotter summers, mild winters and a lack of summer moisture — make an already dynamic and complex job more unpredictable and difficult to navigate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Ningxia, roughly 600 miles west of Beijing, has thin rocky soil and freezing winters: it wasn’t an obvious place for a winery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Beth Pinsker worked out the numbers for a retiree who wants to spend winters in Florida and the rest of the year at home in Illinois.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Fierce winters helped drive the Vikings from Greenland and led to bad harvests that exacerbated social tensions in continental Europe, but few would claim that the little ice age caused the Reformation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Some retirees who wintered on the Gulf Coast are already planning their exits from the state.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
He consulted her remotely when he wintered in Florida; he has also seen his cardiologist and his sleep specialist through telehealth.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
In the classic migration pattern, flocks that wintered in the southern U.S. fly north in the spring, returning to the same spots in the high and sub-Arctic to breed and nest.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 16, 2020
The social pages followed his comings and goings, when he summered in Bar Harbor and wintered in Boca Raton.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019
There rabbits and ptarmigan gathered to eat seeds out of the wind, and moose wintered on the twigs of the willows.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
Years before the project began, migrating ospreys had been spotted in Poole Harbour, en route from Scotland to their wintering grounds in north Africa.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Safeguarding these wintering and stopover habitats is essential for ensuring that these birds continue to return north each spring.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
After spending the summer in the Hamptons, Icahn is wintering at his house on the Miami-area island known as Billionaire Bunker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
The species is considered territorial and doesn’t mix well with other wintering birds, according to Fish and Wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
She drew a map on the floor and showed him where the wintering grounds of the caribou lay.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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