avalanche
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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
Much of the economic health of the entertainment industry trades — Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, etc. — rely on the avalanche of ad spending and free content that comes from Oscar campaigning.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
"But the avalanche risk has gone down from a 5/5 to a 3/5, so I feel reassured."
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
He carried in so much wood and built such a high structure with it that his mother walked in fear of an avalanche of oak.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing avalanche
"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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Earth Science - Middle School
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