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winter

[win-ter] / ˈwɪn tər /
NOUN
cold season of the year
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Other coastal communities, including Redondo Beach, Huntington Beach and Long Beach, also experienced flooding, and officials say it could get much worse as El Niño hits its peak this winter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Like others at the market, Louise admitted feeling "anxious" about the winter, despite having saved some money with her supplier.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Whether severe storms will materialize this winter remains an unanswered question.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The loss of supplies has intensified competition for available LNG cargoes between European and Asian buyers as both regions seek to secure fuel ahead of winter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

He wondered what he was going to do for winter clothes.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Declining ice cover has been associated with colder winters and increased snowfall in the United Kingdom, northern Europe, and North America.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Their gatherings can be an antidote to the bleak upstate New York winters in a town where few nearby bars cater to students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But El Niño winters generally bring even stronger waves, resulting in more sand loss and erosion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

More frequent and intense weather extremes are expected as a result of climate change, with Wales facing the prospect of wetter, wilder winters more often.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Many land animals lost their summer color and turned white to blend in with winter, though the winters weren’t as white as they’d once been.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

When he started, 36 manatees wintered at the spring.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2022

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

When it continued to zag she realized the pilot was following a meandering river where game wintered.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

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

The species is considered territorial and doesn’t mix well with other wintering birds, according to Fish and Wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

This study found that colonies wintering outside in colder areas like Omak in the far north of Washington state might still do all right under climate change.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024

But the migratory birds were preparing for the long journey south to their warm wintering grounds.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown


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