Examples of snowball fight in a Sentence
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Though two officers were injured and several people were charged, Mamdani dismissed the snowball fight as merely a fun way to celebrate a snow cyclone.
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Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Continue reading … SNOW DAY SPIRAL — Second suspect arrested after NYC snowball fight sends officers to hospital.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Several hours before the incident, organizers on social media touted a midafternoon mass snowball fight.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, of New York, was arrested on suspicion of pelting two police officers during a snowball fight in Washington Square Park.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly assaulting officers with snow and ice during a massive snowball fight in Washington Square Park on Monday.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 26 Feb. 2026
Monday’s snowball fight drew a big crowd to Washington Square Park as a massive storm blanketed the Northeast, causing a chaotic scene as young people chucked snowballs around one of the city’s landmark parks.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
The snowball fight brought levity to the community, as people on either side of the park dug out their cars, one of the few places cars were allowed to park during the ongoing parking ban, and neighbors used snowblowers to clear sidewalks.
—Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 25 Feb. 2026
New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, as a winter storm blanketed the Northeast in snow.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Continue reading … SNOW DAY SPIRAL — Second suspect arrested after NYC snowball fight sends officers to hospital.
—FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Several hours before the incident, organizers on social media touted a midafternoon mass snowball fight.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, of New York, was arrested on suspicion of pelting two police officers during a snowball fight in Washington Square Park.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly assaulting officers with snow and ice during a massive snowball fight in Washington Square Park on Monday.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 26 Feb. 2026
Monday’s snowball fight drew a big crowd to Washington Square Park as a massive storm blanketed the Northeast, causing a chaotic scene as young people chucked snowballs around one of the city’s landmark parks.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
The snowball fight brought levity to the community, as people on either side of the park dug out their cars, one of the few places cars were allowed to park during the ongoing parking ban, and neighbors used snowblowers to clear sidewalks.
—Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 25 Feb. 2026
New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, as a winter storm blanketed the Northeast in snow.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Snowball fight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowball%20fight. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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