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snowdrift

[snoh-drift] / ˈsnoʊˌdrɪft /


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Hours later, Syta got a frantic call from her mother after she’d been trapped in a snowdrift for several hours.

From Washington Post Dec. 27, 2022

Use safeguards and properly ventilate when using heat from a fireplace, space heater or wood stove and make sure gas furnaces are not blocked by a snowdrift.

From Fox News Oct. 26, 2021

Unable to make a dent in the rocky, frozen ground, Bjorge dug his foxhole in a snowdrift.

From Washington Times Feb. 29, 2020

Reading “The Memory Police” is like sinking into a snowdrift: lulling yet suspenseful, it tingles with dread and incipient numbness.

From New York Times Aug. 15, 2019

Next, Jack and the wolf found May, who had somehow managed to avoid being buried in the snow, landing on the sheltered side of a snowdrift.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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