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
A dry winter will make the current drought worse and heighten government concerns.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Goldman Sachs warned last week that diesel faces a greater risk of persistent scarcity than crude as winter approaches, noting the market was already tight before the Iran war began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
It made the dogs with their heavy winter coats uncomfortable.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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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
Scientists have said that climate change is likely to bring wetter and milder winters.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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
Warmer winters and shifts in land use have brought the bugs into new territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The sidewalks of Williamsburg were cracked squares of cement, the streets paved with asphalt that softened in the stifling summers and broke apart into potholes in the bitter winters.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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A particularly steep downturn began in the winter of 2018, when about 30,000 monarch butterflies wintered in California, according to Emma Pelton, a monarch conservation biologist with the Xerces Society.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
“A monarch that wintered in Monterey might end up in Las Vegas or Boise or Spokane that next spring and summer,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 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
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
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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
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
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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