as in thunderstorm
a storm with a large amount of falling snow
An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl.
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Recent Examples of snowstorm
The North American river otters, Louie and Ophelia, escaped their enclosure under cover of a snowstorm on Thursday, March 20, the New Zoo & Adventure Park, in Green Bay, said in a Facebook post.
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Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2025
Read is charged with murder, manslaughter and fleeing the scene for allegedly plowing into him with her Lexus and taking off, leaving him for dead in a snowstorm.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Jurors’ visit to the house in Canton, Massachusetts, marks the end of the first week in the retrial of Karen Read, a former finance professor accused of hitting then-boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January 2022.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Early the next morning, Read and two friends drove around in a snowstorm looking for O’Keefe and found his body in the front yard of the Canton house, according to court documents.
—Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
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Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2025
Read is charged with murder, manslaughter and fleeing the scene for allegedly plowing into him with her Lexus and taking off, leaving him for dead in a snowstorm.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Jurors’ visit to the house in Canton, Massachusetts, marks the end of the first week in the retrial of Karen Read, a former finance professor accused of hitting then-boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January 2022.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Early the next morning, Read and two friends drove around in a snowstorm looking for O’Keefe and found his body in the front yard of the Canton house, according to court documents.
—Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowstorm
Noun
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Severe thunderstorm warnings and flash flood advisories were active across much of southern Texas on Wednesday, including the cities of San Antonio and Corpus Christi.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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There is a chance for late afternoon showers and thunderstorms, the weather service said.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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Slaton survived on wild leeks and braved a mountain blizzard before finding the cabin, according to Gutierrez.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Down here, the temperature hovers at a near-constant 42 degrees Fahrenheit, shifting only a few degrees with seasonal heat waves or blizzards.—
Michael Ray Taylor,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 May 2025
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“Snowstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowstorm. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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