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snowball

[snoh-bawl] / ˈsnoʊˌbɔl /


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Over the past few months, my debt began to snowball.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

He wanted to distance himself from the scams that he was seeing—and from the way he had watched this one minor detail in his life story snowball.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

"I'm optimistic that we're all snowflakes in that snowball that's getting bigger and bigger."

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Meteor showers happen when the Earth passes through trails of debris from asteroids or comets - a snowball of frozen rock and gas orbiting the Sun.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“We’re just trying to make the world a little sweeter,” Duke said after the Dog Squad rolled the bad guy down the slope and turned him into a giant snowball.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Once those visual effects were corrected, the subtle streaks left by the "cosmic snowballs" began to appear.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026

Then some older kid would decide that this was personal, and within minutes it was a full campaign of snowballs and tackle football in our park turned blank white.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026

The mayor jokingly encouraged city school kids to throw snowballs at him for re-opening school after the blizzard.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

"Eight referees watch each match, where 180 snowballs can be flying" during a three-minute set, he explained.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

We’d be out there for hours, having contests to see who could slide farther without falling, chucking snowballs at each other, making snow angels.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

"Star Trek" was given a tepid reception when it debuted, but it eventually snowballed into a cultural phenomenon, spawning a universe of spinoff series along with the films, and a rabid fan following.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Disagreeing and arguing about the business snowballed into arguing about everything. Down to like what’s for dinner,” she said in the episode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Then, coupled with Cheah’s own social-media efforts, it snowballed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

What began as online outrage over exam scandals has snowballed into protests against India's education system, posing one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term in office.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

He plunged and snowballed and tumbled and laughed until the sky in the west turned fiery orange.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

It’s been a wild ride for the pair, but despite their snowballing fame, they swear they’re like any other dad and daughter who bicker, joke around and simply enjoy each other’s company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The U.S. is rushing to build infrastructure to stay ahead of China in the AI race, but consumer backlash is snowballing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Badouard pointed to the so-called "network effect" that powered the snowballing of major platforms' user numbers as a factor now shielding them from competition.

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

The report had the effect of snowballing losses, as the company had already disclosed problems impacting over 6,000 aircraft.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025

By the time they finished snowballing Dorothy Gruzik’s house, it was nearly white, and Beans had forgotten that he was cold.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli


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