avalanching

verb

present participle of avalanche
as in tumbling
to fall down in a large mass The snow avalanched down the mountainside.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avalanching
  1. tumbling
  2. falling
  3. skidding
  4. sliding
  5. crashing
  6. flowing
  7. descending
Verb
  • But the market has been biased toward peace, tumbling 9% or more over single- or multi-day stretches eight times over the same stretch.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Minihausens tried to built a human ladder to take the money, but Dominik Mysterio sent them tumbling down.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of tumbling
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  • On Monday, an 18-year-old was seriously injured after falling onto an elevated platform.
    — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • One thing seems certain — any Chinese citizen with this type of account needs to be paying attention to their obligations, and the sooner the better, to avoid falling afoul of the new mandate.
    — Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of falling
Verb
  • The car toppled a large oak tree and stopped skidding near Hills and Dales Road.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • The 24-year-old Italian was mixing woeful drop shots with regulation misses (Sinner made 54 unforced errors in the first three sets) against Kecmanović, who was serving brilliantly and skidding the ball through the court.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of skidding
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  • An Intensity Slider – a simple sliding bar adjustment for controlling the depth, vibrancy, brightness and contrast of the TV’s pictures to compensate for viewing angles, onscreen reflections and simply different viewing tastes.
    — John Archer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Originally housing offices, its heyday in Detroit’s industrial age was brief, sliding into decline in the 1960s and ultimately going vacant.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Definition of sliding
Verb
  • As a Flamengo defender attempted to pass the ball to a teammate, the blue-and-yellow bird dove straight toward him, sending the startled teen crashing to the ground in a panic.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • After crashing, the plane caught fire, making any rescue impossible, according to ​Peruvian broadcaster RPP.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of crashing
Verb
  • But there were two stories in the state, of years of progressive organizing paying off and a historic amount of PAC money flowing in to stop it.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • To that end, the region is already seeing the scale of investment flowing into digital infrastructure.
    — Ron Kitchens, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of flowing
Verb
  • Ring camera video from Hilton’s neighbor — and obtained by NBC News — shows police descending onto Hilton’s Miami property.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
  • While the idea was marketed as a way for local businesses to capitalize on the thousands of soccer fans descending on the area, Kansas City also hoped the pilot program could be a viable way to boost the local economy.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of descending
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