wintry
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Picture a black-and-white shot of a wintry mansion where a Minion lies dying in an upstairs bedroom.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
Birmingham had its worst May snowstorm for 60 years in 1955, and wintry weather returned to the city on 2 May 1979 with snow blanketing many areas for the bank holiday.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
He’s just taken a morning stroll in New York with his girlfriend, Dominican architect Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral, and is still defrosting from the wintry chill; he’ll be fully warmed up upon landing in California.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
The government has credited wintry weather with a recent lull in the disease.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
The cobs of the corn they had dried and eaten and they stripped the bark from trees and all over the countryside people were eating what grass they could find upon the wintry hills.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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