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winter

[win-ter] / ˈwɪn tər /
NOUN
cold season of the year
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STRONG


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He told the BBC they had fallen into "energy debt" and were concerned about this coming winter.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

It is possible this early start to the season might lead the U.S. to experience two big waves of the flu season—one early in the winter and another around the start of spring, experts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"We have to use this time to get things done... we're pruning the rose bushes for winter," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

With the winter meetings in December expected to be canceled because of a lockout, GM meetings likely will be the one time for baseball operations leaders to all gather under the same roof this offseason.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

It was the coldest winter I had ever known.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Under the proposal, clocks would move an hour forward in March as they normally do, but then would remain there indefinitely, meaning later sunrises and more evening daylight in the winters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Declining ice cover has been associated with colder winters and increased snowfall in the United Kingdom, northern Europe, and North America.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The skiing: Taos typically receives less snowfall than many other Western ski destinations, but El Niño winters have historically favored above-average snowfall there, said Smith.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The climate pattern in the tropical Pacific is associated with warm, wet winters in California, and has already delivered powerful ocean swells along the state’s coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

I spent my summers bottling peaches and my winters rotating supplies.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The couple has wintered in Arizona and returned to Washington in time for the opening of the Sounders season since 2009, the year the club joined MLS.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023

Birds that once wintered at Tulare Lake — ibises, blackbirds and American coots — are returning in increasing numbers.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023

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

When it continued to zag she realized the pilot was following a meandering river where game wintered.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

Ospreys are migratory birds which journey from wintering grounds in west Africa to Europe in the spring to breed.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

Each year, billions of songbirds migrate between breeding and wintering grounds.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

But they have been consistently present off the coast — migrating from their wintering grounds in Mexico and Central America to California in the summer, where they gorge on fish and krill along the coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2024

And then she said to the children, “Brightbill must soon lead his flock back to their wintering grounds. However, he can return here in the spring.”

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown


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