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Recent Examples of snowdrift
The snow is piling up in Long Branch, New Jersey, with wind gusts leading to snowdrifts.
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Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
And, showcasing their awesome, frightening power, one avalanche derailed a train in Switzerland on Monday, injuring five on board, while another swept through a refuge on a French mountainside earlier this month, shattering windows and dumping snowdrifts inside the building’s kitchen.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Each loop of the driveway produced an impassable snowdrift in winter, but by then Carol and Mike were on the coast, watching waving kelp fronds from their living room.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Hours after Oberholtzer and Schnee were murdered, that same night, rescuers responded to a pickup stuck in a snowdrift on a mountain pass outside Breckenridge.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
And, showcasing their awesome, frightening power, one avalanche derailed a train in Switzerland on Monday, injuring five on board, while another swept through a refuge on a French mountainside earlier this month, shattering windows and dumping snowdrifts inside the building’s kitchen.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Each loop of the driveway produced an impassable snowdrift in winter, but by then Carol and Mike were on the coast, watching waving kelp fronds from their living room.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Hours after Oberholtzer and Schnee were murdered, that same night, rescuers responded to a pickup stuck in a snowdrift on a mountain pass outside Breckenridge.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowdrift
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Internal documents from Blue Hills, however, show the influence McCrory exercised over the state taxpayer money that arrived in Blue Hills’ bank accounts between 2022 and 2025.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Federal officials say possible foul play is suspected, noting Hou’s bank accounts were depleted before law enforcement was even notified of his disappearance.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Snowdrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowdrift. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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