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winter

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

Last time this happened, over the winter of 2021-22, it led to a labor stoppage, but didn’t cost anyone regular season games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

As the El Niño weather event in the Pacific Ocean continues to intensify it has been linked to wetter and stormier weather in the UK during late autumn and early winter.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 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

We had been there often enough in the winter, for Christmas a few times, and I remembered that Uncle Manfred kept his animals inside during the worst of the winter months.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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 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

Growing up in Sweden, everyone starts drinking coffee very early because that’s how you survived the long winters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Climate modelling shows that Scotland can expect hotter, dryer summers and milder, wetter winters by the end of this century.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The past two years had delivered extremely harsh winters followed by particularly poor harvests, especially in the South.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023

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

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

Migratory birds use the area during different seasons, with wintering species spending the colder months there and breeding species occupying the region during summer.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 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

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

Each had gone on to its own ancestral wintering grounds.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George


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