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Recent Examples of snowbird
Some Canadian snowbirds are reconsidering their lives in the United States altogether.
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Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Canadian seasonal travelers who spend part of the year in sunny American states, known as snowbirds, are part of the shifting tide.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Trump’s snowbird travels Through two months of his second term, Trump has been something of a snowbird.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Not unlike the human snowbirds, hundreds of actual birds use Port Aransas and neighboring Mustang Island as a popular resting place in their seasonal migratory patterns through the Central Flyway.
—Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
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Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Canadian seasonal travelers who spend part of the year in sunny American states, known as snowbirds, are part of the shifting tide.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Trump’s snowbird travels Through two months of his second term, Trump has been something of a snowbird.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Not unlike the human snowbirds, hundreds of actual birds use Port Aransas and neighboring Mustang Island as a popular resting place in their seasonal migratory patterns through the Central Flyway.
—Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowbird
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In the Middle Ages, gum arabic reached Europe by way of pilgrims and merchants traveling to ports of the Levant, the coastal region of the eastern Mediterranean.—
Erik Zou,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Apr. 2025
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The last deadly incident took place in June 2024 when at least nine people were killed and 33 injured after a militant attack caused a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to plunge into a deep gorge.—
Fayaz Bukhari,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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At that point, a wayfarer named Reza (Erkan Koçak Köstendil) pops into the picture, showing up at Ali’s cabin in the hills outside town and offering up his services as a gardener.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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My personal nightmare manifested around 2018 in the form of ’90s-style tiny sunglasses (and later, eyeglasses), after what felt like a solid two decades of the wayfarers and oversized frames that suited my very round face.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Once a winter-only destination for sunseekers, the hotel drew visitors year-round after the addition of air conditioning in the mid-1960s.—
Stacey Barchenger,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Dec. 2024
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Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain Since the 1950s, sunseekers have been drawn to this beachfront resort for its breezy glamour and unparalleled Mediterranean views.—
Regan Stephens,
Robb Report,
27 Sep. 2024
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In another room, heated to 90 degrees and scented to simulate the smell of an African village, visitors pick up two weighted jerrycans and walk on a treadmill surrounded by floor-to-ceiling LED screens—viscerally conveying a reality no statistic could.—
Megan Bruneau,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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In a new survey created by the Prado, the museum asks its visitors which painting has more characters.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Snowbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowbird. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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