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snow

[snoh] / snoʊ /
NOUN
snowstorm
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NOUN
precipitation
Synonyms


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Will El Niño and the polar vortex bring snow to the UK this winter?

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

That matters not only for repeated downpours but for melting snow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The research shows how major seasonal changes, including melting snow, moving ocean water, and dense winter air, redistribute enormous amounts of mass across Earth's surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

As a result, the complaint says, instead of snow in the winter, Boulder gets more “high-intensity, short-duration rainfall events” that overwhelm its drainage systems and cause flooding.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

‘Look at this,’ said Renn, pointing at the snow beneath a juniper tree.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The deep snows encountered 20 years ago are becoming rarer and Greater Prespa Lake is shrinking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In the spring of 2023, as epic winter snows melted, horse carcasses emerged along the shores of South Tufa and nearby Navy Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

"If it rains, we're going. If it snows, we're going. The only thing that kills us is lightning," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

An unusually brutal winter storm is set to pummel more than 160 million Americans from Friday, as a stretched "polar vortex" sends a devastating blast of Arctic air, bringing heavy snows and freezing rains.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

"You ain't used to it. Always snows in Poland."

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

Hundreds of schools have been closed, many roads were impassable, and some people in rural areas have been snowed in for more than a week.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

It had snowed seven inches the night before I decided to get gravy bread again — the most snow O’Hare had seen in a single day in decades.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

Although it snowed in Cleveland and Chicago this week and New Yorkers bundled up, gas traders don’t expect enough sustained cold weather to eat into supplies until next month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

At some points during the storm, it even snowed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025

It could have snowed on Christmas, the day he got his new sled.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

He runs five mornings a week year-round, even when it is snowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

You have to schlep around while it’s raining, snowing or just hot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Lime also faces a seasonal risk: Put simply, scooters and bikes are a lot less popular when its snowing or raining, and more in demand when it’s warm and dry outside.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

In other words, Rakoff isn’t a judge you should try snowing with technological flapdoodle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

When he looked out again at the darkness beyond the bridge it was snowing.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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