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Recent Examples of snowdrift
The powerful storm brought blizzard-like conditions to portions of the Carolinas and southern Virginia over the weekend, and caused some coastal areas to be buried in snowdrifts, forecasters said.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
The scraping of plow trucks and the roar of snowblowers echoed through town as cars sat buried in snowdrifts and neighbors spent hours clearing driveways.
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Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
Each loop of the driveway produced an impassable snowdrift in winter, but by then Carol and Mike were on the coast, watching waving kelp fronds from their living room.
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Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Hours after Oberholtzer and Schnee were murdered, that same night, rescuers responded to a pickup stuck in a snowdrift on a mountain pass outside Breckenridge.
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Christina Coulter,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
The scraping of plow trucks and the roar of snowblowers echoed through town as cars sat buried in snowdrifts and neighbors spent hours clearing driveways.
—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
Each loop of the driveway produced an impassable snowdrift in winter, but by then Carol and Mike were on the coast, watching waving kelp fronds from their living room.
—
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Hours after Oberholtzer and Schnee were murdered, that same night, rescuers responded to a pickup stuck in a snowdrift on a mountain pass outside Breckenridge.
—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snowdrift
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowdrift
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With their guns drawn, the three officers at one point were able to surround Jones, who had a small snowbank to his back as began swaying back and forth in the street.
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Also in January, another ValuJet DC-9 with 30 people aboard slid into a snowbank after landing at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, closing the airport for nearly three hours.
Noun
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According to information presented in court, Fleming committed three armed robberies of banks in Denton between November 2022 and February 2023.
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The government is also working with private developers, banks and the real estate sector to accelerate temporary and permanent housing solutions.
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“Snowdrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowdrift. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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