avalanche

William & Mary used “a thrilling avalanche of forward passes” and “set their teeth grimly to stage a gigantic comeback” in the third quarter, according to a Newport News story at the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

But this July, an avalanche swept through Pakistan's Broad Peak while the two were on their way up, engulfing everything in its path.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The avalanche itself moved too fast for conventional warnings to help those closest to it, the scientists say.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

China's state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday that experts had said "a glacier on the southern slope of Lirung Peak in Nepal" fractured, triggering an ice-rock avalanche.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

As I peel the cover open, an avalanche slides out: newspaper clippings.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

The researchers point to possible applications in avalanches, landslides, materials science, and particle-filled inks used in 3D printing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

These deposits form when underwater avalanches of mud, sand, and debris rush down the seafloor and eventually settle into thick sediment layers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

From the vantage point of our helicopter above the Alps, you can make out scars and dimples from recent avalanches.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

And although thick, this season's snow covering has been unstable, contributing to a steep rise in the number of people killed by alpine avalanches.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

Beetee was right about being unable to control the avalanches once they’d been set in motion.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

A million tons of sodden dirt avalanched down onto Riverside Drive from Elysian Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

No wonder Norway avalanched us in the medal count last month.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018

It added: "Two of the rescue team men avalanched traversing below No 3 Gully Buttress."

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2016

The awareness of the trend has since avalanched.

From Forbes ● Mar. 9, 2011

He was happy to learn this, he said, for the Brooks Range was treacherous in winter; whole mountainsides avalanched, and storms brewed up in mere minutes.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

Unlike ski resorts, which use explosives and other mechanisms to keep inbounds slopes from avalanching during ski days, the backcountry is uncontrolled.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021

For many artists the avalanching awards and wealth of later life come with an unwelcome diminishing of ideas, but Rauschenberg was still avid for discoveries in his 80s.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2016

The results came in slowly throughout all the night, and then all at once, with calls avalanching in from key states between 10 and 11 p.m..

From Time ● Nov. 5, 2014

Around the same time, one of his avalanching designs was selected for an addition to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, an otherwise imperturbable neoclassical structure.

From Time Magazine Archive

I froze, my heart in my throat, but the avalanching ice passed fifty yards to the left, out of sight, without doing any damage.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer