snowballing

Example Sentences

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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

On Jan. 8, the regime shut off the internet and moved to crush the snowballing movement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 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

By the time they finished snowballing Dorothy Gruzik’s house, it was nearly white, and Beans had forgotten that he was cold.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli