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snow

[snoh] / snoʊ /
NOUN
snowstorm
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NOUN
precipitation
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Friends are welcome to send mittens, ski caps and hot soup when the snow comes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

And yet, as Mingma G came closer to the fluorescent down suits, sharp against the snow, he couldn't shake the idea they were waiting for him.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

With every step farther into “the pile,” what rescue workers came to call the smoldering mass of debris, a coating of white powder got thicker and deeper—like snow that wasn’t snow, my father recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

You live in a diesel snow globe, and somebody just shook it.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

They cascaded into the bag like crimson snow.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

“Through all the attacks from ravens and rival eagles, through hard winds, cold and heavy snows, Jackie and Shadow protected and provided for their eaglets,” said Iowa’s Tami Schmeisser.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

When it snows, for example, the city plows the streets, but property owners sometimes must clear the sidewalks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Or as in the Northeast today, when it snows it blizzards.

From Barron's Feb. 24, 2026

"We've got agents across the road network. But I would appeal to people, please please ask yourselves do you need to travel when it snows heavily," he said.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

It snowed before dawn, a light dusting of snowflakes, a presentiment of the deep snows that would come further into the winter.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

“We were snowed in and iced in for three days at our house,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

The only hitch for anyone wanting to visit now is that the winter holidays mark one of the busier seasons for the tram, especially since it snowed at Mt.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

It had snowed seven inches the night before I decided to get gravy bread again — the most snow O’Hare had seen in a single day in decades.

From Salon Dec. 7, 2025

Although it snowed in Cleveland and Chicago this week and New Yorkers bundled up, gas traders don’t expect enough sustained cold weather to eat into supplies until next month.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

It snowed a little on the second-to-last day before Christmas vacation.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

Lime also faces a seasonal risk: Put simply, scooters and bikes are a lot less popular when its snowing or raining, and more in demand when it’s warm and dry outside.

From MarketWatch May 8, 2026

“It was snowing, really bad weather,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

"We didn't think it would stay as long as it did or keep snowing as long as it did."

From BBC Feb. 5, 2026

It was snowing, final seconds, the Rams were down by six but driving, 13 yards from the end zone, a winter wonderland ... then a frozen nightmare.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2025

Later, in the middle of Mr. Fabian’s textbook voice reading about historical monuments in Washington, DC, Jax shouts, “It’s snowing harder!”

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari




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