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After several minutes of police trying to get Steven Jones to drop the knife with their guns drawn, the three officers were able to form a circle around him with a sidewalk and small snowbank to his back, the video shows.—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026 Also in January, another ValuJet DC-9 with 30 people aboard slid into a snowbank after landing at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, closing the airport for nearly three hours.—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 The front of the GMC struck the passenger side of the Subaru, pinning it against a snowbank, said Officer Carlos Perez, a spokesperson for the CHP’s Trucke office.—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026 Galvan’s family and then officers called to the scene found him on the ground near a snowbank, gasping for breath.—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snowbank