winter
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His government is now setting out the next steps in how that could be achieved, with emergency accommodation and long-term housing support to be put in place across England this winter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The winter rapeseed crop was "hit hardest, with a 20 percent drop in yield", Rukwied noted, adding that pests took a toll in addition to the drought and heat.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The paper adds the PM also promised to mount a Covid-style campaign to get everyone off the streets this winter.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Castro’s case was the second time local prosecutors have leveled criminal charges against federal officers for their conduct in the city this winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
They canned salmon in the spring, but this was deep winter.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
For a region where conflict, harsh winters and limited infrastructure have long restricted sporting opportunities, Auqib's selection is being seen as a landmark moment.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Nearly six in 10 Canadians bought a home in Florida, which offers a warm and sunny respite from harsh Canadian winters, the NAR report found.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Many who took up the offer have since moved back -- put-off by harsh winters and low wages.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The effect could be more complicated: continued risk of extreme summer heat, greater exposure to cold winters, and more volatile weather generally.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Besides, she’d climbed with covered hands plenty of times when the Ketterdam winters had turned her fingers numb.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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
One swan got blown to Arkansas in a snowstorm in the early 1990s, and wintered in Heber Springs, north of Little Rock, she said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 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
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
This study found that colonies wintering outside in colder areas like Omak in the far north of Washington state might still do all right under climate change.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
They lounged around the pond for a couple of days, chatting with Roz whenever she came by, and then they continued flying south to their wintering grounds.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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