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as in landslide
a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place
Much of the mountainside was covered by the avalanche.
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as in influx
a sudden large amount of something that overwhelms
After the disaster, the town received an avalanche of letters and donations from supporters and well-wishers.
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as in to fall
to fall down in a large mass
The snow avalanched down the mountainside.
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Recent Examples of avalanche
Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Each new message gets buried underneath an avalanche of notifications before it’s even been opened.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2022
That a bunch of boys will insincerely avalanche into girls sports in order to gain some competitive advantage, to slake some hearty thirst for winning?
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
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Noun
Yet there’s also an avalanche of more urgent issues competing for officials’ attention, like federal agents’ killing of a US citizen on Saturday.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Each new message gets buried underneath an avalanche of notifications before it’s even been opened.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
The hillsides along Summit Lake will avalanche.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2022
That a bunch of boys will insincerely avalanche into girls sports in order to gain some competitive advantage, to slake some hearty thirst for winning?
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avalanche
Noun
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Starmer on Sunday credited McSweeney as a central figure in running Labour's recent election campaign and the party's 2004 landslide victory.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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With spring break just weeks away, Miami Beach officials have decided which crowd-control measures will remain in place and which will be lifted as the city prepares for another influx of visitors.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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While the influx of data centers in Georgia promises jobs and local prosperity, their outsized use of power, water and land is so significant Georgia legislators must decide whether customers need further protection from the centers’ vast appetites.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Council members had long pledged to quell gang violence and improve life for Haiti but fell overwhelmingly short.—
EVENS SANON,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Short video and artificial intelligence video generation company Kuaishou fell by 11% during the same time period.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Doctors, meanwhile, are bracing for a flood of new patients seeking the injections – some, like Chamadia, who medically qualify, and others drawn by the lure of a quick fix.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Analyzing this flood of data, scientists pieced together the flare's brutal physics.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Just as enterprising librarians and archivists met the difficulties of their day with novel solutions, now a new generation looked for ways to adapt to the overflow.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Falco and Panther Burns regrouped and booked two three-hour sessions at Ardent Records in Midtown, once hectic with overflow from Stax but now booking sessions with national acts like ZZ Top.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The former is a ring on the bottom of the rock that skids across the ice, and the latter is a band around the sides of the rock that collides with other rocks (ideally knocking an opponent’s rock off the bull’s-eye or nudging your team’s closer to it).—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Knee-assist devices and exoskeletons often use simple bearings placed near the knee, which can create painful misalignment because a real knee hinges but also shifts, rolls, and slides.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement While some people will feel best letting snide remarks slide, others will feel compelled to push back.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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Fire companies are expected to help out when EMS units get bogged down in the deluge, Bonsignore said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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As the floodwaters of data rose, those procedures suggested further developments to manage the deluge.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Avalanche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avalanche. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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