avalanche

Example Sentences

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At Mammoth Mountain, two ski patrollers suffered significant injuries Friday morning when a slide hit as they performed “avalanche mitigation work.”

From Los Angeles Times

Four hikers who went missing on Christmas Day have been found dead after being buried by an avalanche in the snow-covered Vardousia Mountains in central Greece.

From BBC

Gonzalez Henrichsen said he quickly received an avalanche of calls from people who wanted to restart manufacturing projects in Mexico that they had paused because of incoming tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the second time in less than a year, a pair of ski patrollers at Mammoth Mountain have been caught in an avalanche after a major snowstorm.

From Los Angeles Times

That has led to an avalanche of lawsuits and much greater public awareness of the scope of the problem.

From Los Angeles Times