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snowbank

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Definition of snowbank

as in snowdrift

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Recent Examples of snowbank Learning to balance your car in a moderate drift, dancing between terminal understeer (plowing into the snowbank nose-first) and extreme oversteer (spinning into the snowbank tail-first), is key. — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 19 Feb. 2026 Women in hijabs pushing strollers through snowbanks reminded me of the strength and stubbornness of the women who raised me. — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 Alfredo Alves, 23, was found unresponsive in a snowbank in the area of Battles and Cross Streets in Brockton early Monday morning. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026 Approaching his home, Aljorna lost control of the car due to ice on the roadway and hit a snowbank, Goetz said. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snowbank

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Beignets, Bourbon Street and Beyond Start your day the way generations of visitors and locals have — with a plate of pillowy beignets buried under a snowdrift of powdered sugar and a cup of dark chicory coffee at Café Du Monde.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The cheese, though, is white Prairie Breeze, shaved fine and mounded like a snowdrift atop the bowl.

— Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026

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Skateboarders have flown in from every continent to ride the banks over the decades, and on Friday, a couple of locals came to say goodbye before the demolition.

— Maddie White, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
The company headquartered in Toronto is one of a number of banks trying to grow in a market dominated by the region’s Big Three banks — Bank of America, Truist and Wells Fargo.

— Chase Jordan July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

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