snowbank

noun

Definition of snowbanknext
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 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 The front of the GMC struck the passenger side of the Subaru, pinning it against a snowbank, said Officer Carlos Perez, a spokesperson for the CHP’s Trucke office. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026 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. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snowbank
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowbank
  1. snowdrift
  2. bank
Noun
  • 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
Definition of snowdrift
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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.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • The government is also working with private developers, banks and the real estate sector to accelerate temporary and permanent housing solutions.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
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“Snowbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowbank. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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