avalanche

Example Sentences

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Apart from a moraine collapsing, an avalanche or an unusual amount of rainfall can destabilize a lake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The statistics are sobering; if you're carrying a transceiver there is a 70% chance you'll survive an avalanche, according to emergency crews.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

"So when we had a lot of snow in January, there was a high avalanche risk."

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The eurozone data calendar thins out after the usual end-of-month avalanche.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The rats who had been chasing him, and it must have been about all of them, were falling after him in an avalanche of stone.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins