as in fell
to fall down in a large mass
The snow avalanched down the mountainside.
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Recent Examples of avalanched
Celebrities have avalanched their way back to America’s most famous ski area, swathed in their fuzzy coats and après ski chic looks.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avalanched
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In the piece, the Vicar of Christ is felled not by his oppressors but rather by a random cosmic event.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Shell, now felled from his presidency of Paramount, is living proof.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
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Inside him an acrobat tumbled over death.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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American Airlines ' stock tumbled nearly 5%, while United Airlines ' slipped more than 2%.—
Christina Cheddar Berk,Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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The warning signs came long before a tractor-trailer skidded across the median of I-75 in Ohio and struck a pickup and an SUV on Christmas Eve morning in 2022, killing four members of the same family, one of whom was pregnant.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The gun slipped from the man’s grip and skidded across the shingles.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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But six months after a high-profile IPO, the company’s share price has crashed, and its CEO and CFO both left their posts this weekend, reportedly over disagreements about whether to sell the firm (Fermi didn’t respond to a request for comment).—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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An elderly woman inside a Safeway in Martinez was injured when a driver crashed into the building on Wednesday, the Martinez Police Department said.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Once outside, Nataliia slid into the back of an ambulance and was rushed to the nearest burn center.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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His 1-1 draw at Manchester City and 2-1 defeat away to Fulham four days later meant Chelsea slid from fifth to eighth in the Premier League table, two points outside the five Champions League places with almost half of their campaign still to play.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The agreement gave Poway a means of replacing water that flowed into the Lake Poway reservoir, said Poway Utilities Administrator Carlos Cortes.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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This dynamic flowed through to Peacock as well, where EBITDA losses were $432 million.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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At its center is the story of a boy named Zac Brettler, who in November 2019, at the age of nineteen, plunged to his death from a balcony on the fifth floor of an upscale apartment complex a few minutes’ walk along the Thames from Tate Britain.—
Mark O’Connell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Milei’s popularity plummets amid corruption scandal in Argentina Argentinian President Javier Milei’s popularity plunged to a new low, as rising unemployment and a burgeoning corruption scandal threatened his ambitious economic program and prospects for reelection next year.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Avalanched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avalanched. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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