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as in thunderstorms
a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow
Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard.
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as in tides
an overwhelming influx or flow of something
The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media.
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Recent Examples of blizzards
Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The incidents tracked include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and hail.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
21 June 2026
As Bloomberg recently reported, brides are buying $14 spells from witches on Etsy to ensure that their $100,000 weddings are not marred by blizzards or downpours.
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Maureen Dowd,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Invasive Callery pears, or Bradford pears, bloom in blizzards across Illinois neighborhoods, roadsides and forests every April.
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Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Floods, droughts, deep freezes, and blizzards!
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Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
21 Apr. 2026
For decades, Indian Point operated 24/7 and supplied roughly 2,000 megawatts of carbon-free electricity around the clock — through heat waves, blizzards, and everything in between.
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Nicole Malliotakis,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
February marked a brutal month across the country, with blizzards and blackouts.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
From a surprising heat wave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling over the East Coast, chaotic weather put more than half the nation's population in the path of extreme conditions Monday.
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CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
The incidents tracked include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and hail.
—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
21 June 2026
As Bloomberg recently reported, brides are buying $14 spells from witches on Etsy to ensure that their $100,000 weddings are not marred by blizzards or downpours.
—
Maureen Dowd,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Invasive Callery pears, or Bradford pears, bloom in blizzards across Illinois neighborhoods, roadsides and forests every April.
—
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Floods, droughts, deep freezes, and blizzards!
—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
21 Apr. 2026
For decades, Indian Point operated 24/7 and supplied roughly 2,000 megawatts of carbon-free electricity around the clock — through heat waves, blizzards, and everything in between.
—
Nicole Malliotakis,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
February marked a brutal month across the country, with blizzards and blackouts.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
From a surprising heat wave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling over the East Coast, chaotic weather put more than half the nation's population in the path of extreme conditions Monday.
—
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blizzards
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About 100,000 thunderstorms rumble across the United States each year, but just 10% intensify into a severe thunderstorm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The tides can often change very quickly in the automotive world.
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Over decades, the tides shift surrounding sand while marine life, like algae, grows over the device, camouflaging it into the natural ocean environment.
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But after a series of expensive hurricanes — Katrina, Sandy, Harvey — the National Flood Insurance Program went into debt.
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Heat is also the deadliest type of weather in the US, with a higher annual average death toll than tornadoes, hurricanes and lightning combined, according to weather service statistics.
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
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Unique and Challenging Climate Unlike the popular wine-producing regions like France and California, Japan’s hot, humid summers, along with an annual rainy season and typhoons, present significant challenges for viticulture.
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The Philippines is battered by about 20 typhoons and storms each year.
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In the past, it's been falsely linked with everything from hurricanes to floods, wildfires and alien abductions.
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Deadly floods are common in parts of Africa, which is among the regions most vulnerable to extreme weather events despite being responsible for a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
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Heavy snowstorms at the turn of the New Year, in February and in April kept the Sierra Nevada’s overall snowfall within five feet of its median snowfall-to-date this water year as of May, according to the Central Sierra Snow Lab.
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After multiple surprise extensions and a few late season snowstorms, Colorado's long and difficult ski season has officially come to a close.
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“Blizzards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blizzards. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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