winter
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The Prime Minister is very well informed about our defense needs, particularly anti-ballistic defense and preparations for winter.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
He told the programme: "Like everybody we are very worried about what the winter will bring."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Last winter, food began to run low as fewer volunteers braved the road to deliver supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
If the Dodgers win the series, the Milwaukee winter could be cold and long, with fans tortured by visions of Skubal and presumptive Cy Young winner Jacob Misiorowski starting four games in the series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Standing dead in the night wind next to the trail, guarding the winter night.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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My husband wants to spend about $1.2 million on a second home somewhere warm, where we could spend the winters and have the kids and our friends come stay.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
You may already have hung thicker curtains and blocked the draughts over the last couple of winters, but do not forget to switch off radiators in rooms you are not using and wrap up.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
That the Dodgers invested $72 million in Scott and $69 million in Díaz in consecutive winters would lead you to conclude Friedman does indeed believe in the concept of a designated closer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
That pain point hinges somewhat on weather, with snowy winters boosting customer traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Or maybe their father, Mikwam, would arrive and say he needed an always-hungry little boy of five winters to accompany him on his next long trip.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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He consulted her remotely when he wintered in Florida; he has also seen his cardiologist and his sleep specialist through telehealth.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
In the classic migration pattern, flocks that wintered in the southern U.S. fly north in the spring, returning to the same spots in the high and sub-Arctic to breed and nest.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 16, 2020
The social pages followed his comings and goings, when he summered in Bar Harbor and wintered in Boca Raton.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019
True to their name, they slept and wintered in caves, emerging each spring to blink awake in the Pleistocene sunlight.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2019
There rabbits and ptarmigan gathered to eat seeds out of the wind, and moose wintered on the twigs of the willows.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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Years before the project began, migrating ospreys had been spotted in Poole Harbour, en route from Scotland to their wintering grounds in north Africa.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
After spending the summer in the Hamptons, Icahn is wintering at his house on the Miami-area island known as Billionaire Bunker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
Between May and August, thousands of wintering red-billed queleas gather at waterholes in Namibia.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
With fall underway in Antarctica, some bird species are starting to scatter to their wintering areas.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 18, 2024
“You’re going to see so many new things and meet so many new animals and if there are any squirrels at your wintering grounds please tell them that Chitchat says hello!”
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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