avalanching

present participle of avalanche

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for avalanching
Verb
  • Even the announcement of company lifer Fiddelke’s ascension to the top job last month was greeted with tumbling stock shares because some investors wanted an outsider.
    Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The footage shows an MQ-9 Reaper drone tracking the object before a second drone fires a Hellfire missile, sending fragments tumbling around it.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Crafted in Ireland, the coach features dark brown panels adorned with golden scrollwork and a gilded roof, offering shelter from the light rain falling over Berkshire.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • With the last night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve falling on the same day this year – something that rarely happens – the reverend and rabbi choose to offer a joint service for their congregations.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During the day, fans can meander in and out of matches, keyed by the soundtrack of fervent applause in a close match, of grunts and skidding sneakers just a few feet away.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Captain Brett killed the motor, skidding toward it.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In short, this is a smart gel where tiny sliding molecules act like both shock absorbers and stress indicators.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As has become tradition, the ads will reference trends and conversations in college football like the coaching hot seat, flag planting and quarterbacks sliding in the draft.
    Kristi Dosh, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then, in Week 2 against the Seattle Seahawks, things came crashing down to earth with a 31-17 loss to even up at 1-1.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Although the investigation is ongoing, Arizona DPS found that the driver of the other vehicle crossed a center line before crashing into the ambulance, local radio station KTAR News reported.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Zelensky said Russia is planning two more heavy offensives after three previous attempts failed and that allies must sustain production of drones and electronic warfare systems and keep weapons and funding flowing to support Ukraine.
    Brendan Cole John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • By contrast, the bright SVGA colors, angular hills, flowing waterfalls, and isometric skyscrapers of SimCity 2000 felt, at the time, like the future implied by its title.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More than 2,200 elite track and field athletes are descending on Tokyo for the upcoming world championships, but Cooper Lutkenhaus might be the only one to pack homework.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some lava tubes that wrap across the surface of the Red Planet could make perfect protective shells to position prefabricated human habitats transported aboard the massive Starship capsules that are now counting down to descending on Mars.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Avalanching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avalanching. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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