snowballing

Example Sentences

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The trust was struggling to control rising costs that had sucked up its reserves, including a new, surprising culprit: the snowballing cost of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Badouard pointed to the so-called "network effect" that powered the snowballing of major platforms' user numbers as a factor now shielding them from competition.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

The report had the effect of snowballing losses, as the company had already disclosed problems impacting over 6,000 aircraft.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 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