snowball
Example Sentences
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But these little small pacts start to snowball.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The risk, they say, is that the agents will act using bad data, creating problems that have the potential to snowball within a user’s computer system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“I’m not saying there won’t be problems, but the problems won’t cascade and snowball into a bigger problem,” Blankfein said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
The suit was filed on behalf of a Costco member in the state, Matthew Stockov, and seeks class-action status, meaning it has the potential to snowball into something bigger.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Hazel stood, the pelletlike snow falling around her, and then, so quickly it was like she had superpowers, she bent down and packed a snowball and hurled it at him.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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