avalanche
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As the group reached 24,000 feet, an avalanche struck, the heaviest part hitting Shelley and Tawa Sherpa, carrying them about 1,000 feet down the mountain and leaving both seriously injured.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
If I’m wrong about this, the avalanche never comes and the labor market holds.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Frozen Planet II also pioneered the use of racer drones, which captured the terrifying experience of flying down a mountainside alongside an avalanche.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
April is always an avalanche, but this year the early parts of the fall and spring season were deserts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Without Sue, without her almost constant presence, how could he have withstood such an avalanche of shocks—the crime itself, his interviews with Mr. Dewey, the pathetic irony of being for a while the principal suspect?
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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