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
A dry winter will make the current drought worse and heighten government concerns.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Despite a wetter-than-average winter in most of Southern and Western Europe, soils quickly dried out under the intensity and length of repeated heatwaves since May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
During heavy winter swells, waves 20 to 30 feet high can slam against the cliffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
They were a rare and beautiful breed—their fur pale gray, their eyes the blue of a winter sky.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
While her least favourite of the sprint disciplines, that continues to involve winters focused on shaving time off her 60m best, which she again lowered this season to 7.04 - the eighth-fastest worldwide this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
We also plan to purchase a $200,000 condo in Florida next year—after enough New England winters, we’re ready for a change.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 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
For a country that experiences harsh winters, this had a big impact.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Along the main thoroughfare, the houses were built right at the edge of the road, as if huddling for warmth during the cold Polish winters, and hoping for company in summer.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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
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
He said there were seasonal restrictions on areas with birthing seals and wintering birds.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 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
Between May and August, thousands of wintering red-billed queleas gather at waterholes in Namibia.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
A man could well despair of getting home at all, if the winds blew him over the Great South Sea—that weary waste, even the wintering birds delay one winter more before the northward crossing.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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