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as in thunderstorm
a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow
Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard.
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as in tide
an overwhelming influx or flow of something
The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media.
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Recent Examples of blizzard
Prosecutors alleged Read hit O'Keefe with her car outside the home of a fellow police officer after a night of heavy drinking in January 2022 and then left him to die there during a major blizzard.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 July 2025
Native people forced from their homes and made refugees by the war had to endure extreme cold, blizzard and lake-effect snow.
—Ken Burns, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Herr developed a deep passion for mountain climbing in his early teens, lost the lower halves of both legs to frostbite after being caught in a blizzard, resumed climbing, and subsequently led pioneering research in prosthetics.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 15 July 2025
So the troupe heads out into the blizzard: Masha following David, Martin following Masha, Helena following Martin.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 15 July 2025
Native people forced from their homes and made refugees by the war had to endure extreme cold, blizzard and lake-effect snow.
—Ken Burns, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Herr developed a deep passion for mountain climbing in his early teens, lost the lower halves of both legs to frostbite after being caught in a blizzard, resumed climbing, and subsequently led pioneering research in prosthetics.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 15 July 2025
So the troupe heads out into the blizzard: Masha following David, Martin following Masha, Helena following Martin.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blizzard
Noun
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Monday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 72. Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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Monday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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Google is going to lift the tide once more on artificial intelligence.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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But the tides have shifted: today the Power 4 conferences — Big Ten, Southeastern Conference (SEC), Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and Big 12 — form the economic and competitive core of major college sports.—
Jim Martin,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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When its winds reach 74 mph, the storm officially becomes a hurricane.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Federal forecasters say Tropical Storm Erin, currently located around 950 miles west of Cape Verde, will start to strengthen beginning late Wednesday and likely become a hurricane by late Thursday.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
12 Aug. 2025
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Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.—
Stephen Harding,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Usually on Woodward, fast, loud and shiny cars stand out among a constant stream of everyday commuter cars.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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As the clock touched midnight on September 2, a typhoon swept through the area, washing much of the Nagasaki ash layer out to sea, along with Ground Zero’s nightglow.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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Then the group was sidelined by a typhoon in Taiwan before having to curtail the Bali stop because of a volcano eruption.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
3 Aug. 2025
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An avalanche in the French Alps on Tuesday killed at least five people.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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And Larsson and teammates could do nothing to stop a Cleveland avalanche in the third quarter.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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After hearing about Angela Craig’s condition, Pray and his wife Renee, drove through a snowstorm to Denver to visit her and help take care of the Craig children.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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The death of a child is not a heat wave or a snowstorm, nor an obstacle race to rush through and win, nor an acute or chronic illness to recover from.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Virtually every major medical association denounces it as junk science, and a flood of studies has warned of the dangers.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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However, historical data analyzed by Roger Pielke showed that the recent flood could not be attributed to climate change.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Blizzard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blizzard. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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