avalanche

Example Sentences

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"I'm very sad that avalanche covered the school," one child wrote, addressing the letter to a teacher they didn't know had already been killed.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

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

There's been no escaping avalanche reports in the French media.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The decisions will help determine the direction of an economy that powered through an avalanche of change in 2025 and emerged in the new year on a better-than-expected footing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

I didn’t dare move, afraid that the slightest motion would set off a noisy avalanche of debris all around me.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs