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Recent Examples of ice storm
The Euro model, which has been more accurate in handling these shortwave troughs over the next week, has a major ice storm occurring as the rain arrives.
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Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
The Mavericks already had a game rescheduled earlier this season because of an ice storm and faces a crowded calendar moving forward, including a March 31 trip to Milwaukee.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
As unpredictable climate events like the recent ice storm become more frequent, this certainly won’t be the last time that venues and musicians will have to consider such issues.
—Margaret Littman, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
The first was late January’s destructive snow and ice storm that tracked across the South and then up along the East Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
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Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
The Mavericks already had a game rescheduled earlier this season because of an ice storm and faces a crowded calendar moving forward, including a March 31 trip to Milwaukee.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
As unpredictable climate events like the recent ice storm become more frequent, this certainly won’t be the last time that venues and musicians will have to consider such issues.
—Margaret Littman, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
The first was late January’s destructive snow and ice storm that tracked across the South and then up along the East Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ice storm
Noun
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For every mayor of New York City, snowstorms serve as a major test.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Michael Longfellow's body remained in the median overnight on the Saturday he was struck, March 14, as a snowstorm began.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Zohran Mamdani has pushed to deliver tangible improvements to New Yorkers’ lives, amid larger challenges like a blizzard and a deficit-laden budget.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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One southwest of Wichita comes from a story of a Black man who froze to death in a blizzard near the stream in 1872.—
Sarah Ritter,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sync calendars from Apple, Google, and Outlook into a unified view, and personalize your home screen with shortcuts, lists, time and weather.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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White dress pants are always a popular choice among celebrities once warm weather rolls around — just ask Fonda.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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For now, Buttigieg has chosen to wait out the tempests in Traverse City, the hometown of his husband, Chasten, a former schoolteacher.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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What started as a joyous snowball fight Monday in New York City morphed into a political tempest after residents began pelting police officers with snow and ice.—
Tim Craig,
Washington Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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Camping in an open setting during a thunderstorm is strongly discouraged.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Ice storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ice%20storm. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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