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avalanche

[av-uh-lanch, -lahnch] / ˈæv əˌlæntʃ, -ˌlɑntʃ /
NOUN
falling large mass; sudden rush of large quantity
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Recent headlines about AI-related job cuts at Meta Platforms and Cisco Systems aren’t the avalanche.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

April is always an avalanche, but this year the early parts of the fall and spring season were deserts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

“We stand in an avalanche of forgetfulness, resisting the sway of disappearance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“It’s an avalanche of earnings power,” says Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Merry waved his hand towards the steaming lake; and as they looked, they heard a distant rumbling and rattling, as if an avalanche was falling from the mountain-side.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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