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snow

[snoh] / snoʊ /
NOUN
snowstorm
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NOUN
precipitation
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Rapid sea ice loss around Scandinavia is warming that region, while more snow in East Asia is cooling it, he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Over the next few days, melting snow and rain began to pool in the pipe, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Fresh snow reflects much of the sunlight that reaches it, while darker, exposed ice absorbs more solar energy.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Nelson is swept away and under the snow, toward a cliff.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

With the snow gone, early signs of spring were all around us by now, the trees budding, the meadows and hedgerows dotted with flowers.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

They predicted the reservoirs will keep setting records every day until snows come and bring the next seasonal pulse of runoff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Because I go into the fields of Nebraska, the mountains of Colorado and the snows of Alaska, I have to be practical, usable, reachable,” she told the Los Angeles Times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Or as in the Northeast today, when it snows it blizzards.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

"We've got agents across the road network. But I would appeal to people, please please ask yourselves do you need to travel when it snows heavily," he said.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid, his father had told him once, long ago, on the day they found the direwolf pups in the summer snows.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

One radio colleague was snowed in for days in his Aberdeenshire village and had to work from home.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

The only hitch for anyone wanting to visit now is that the winter holidays mark one of the busier seasons for the tram, especially since it snowed at Mt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

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

He slipped out of bed and shivered as his feet touched the cold floor, then he tiptoed to the window and saw that it had snowed.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

“It could rain, it could be snowing and we’ll still be open. I’ve been here for about 29 years, and I’ve never known this place to close. Not one day.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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

It has been snowing in the area and the farm said there were no tracks on the ground to suggest the capybaras - called Javier and Esmerelda - had escaped and run off.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

When it wasn’t snowing, it was clear, bitter cold, and windy.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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