snowball

He wanted to distance himself from the scams that he was seeing—and from the way he had watched this one minor detail in his life story snowball.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

A quick look at the numbers shows how interest payments are set to snowball, potentially creating all sorts of other problems down the line.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

"I'm optimistic that we're all snowflakes in that snowball that's getting bigger and bigger."

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

But Fiona was worried that the virus could spread to other farms and that the problem could snowball in scale.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

I’d roped Danielle and Anna into my wicked plan, which led to Peter’s devastating snowball.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

This process gives comets their fuzzy appearance and explains why astronomers often refer to them as "dirty snowballs."

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

Video shows snowballs flying at them from multiple directions.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026

"Our ancestors were surely doing the same thing. It's the oldest winter sport in human history: long before skating or skiing, humans were already throwing snowballs at each other. That's its biggest appeal."

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Many are ephemeral; fleeting leaf sculptures that blow away into the forest or giant snowballs placed in the city of London which melted to disclose sticks and stones.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

Did they even know how to make snowballs?

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

“Disagreeing and arguing about the business snowballed into arguing about everything. Down to like what’s for dinner,” she said in the episode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

At Bible study groups, family dinner tables and on group chats between friends, what was once an abstract concern to many snowballed into one of society’s most ominous threats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

These have snowballed into huge high-stakes challenges where he gives away large sums of money to strangers.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Since the railway station canopy collapse in November 2024, which killed 16 people, calls for a transparent investigation into what happened have snowballed into a push for early polls.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

As these things often seem to happen, the disaster snowballed.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Once that crude reaches refiners, costs are snowballing further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It’s been a wild ride for the pair, but despite their snowballing fame, they swear they’re like any other dad and daughter who bicker, joke around and simply enjoy each other’s company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

This has resulted in a very positive snowballing of monthly benefits that wouldn’t have otherwise occurred.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025

Union bosses say teachers are under unprecedented pressure, suffering from snowballing demands, ever increasing workloads and, in many cases, burnout.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

Then, snowballing the rest of the clothes into one soft, conglomerate mass, she stuffed them out of sight under the bed.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath