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Recent Examples of snowdrift
Hours after Oberholtzer and Schnee were murdered, that same night, rescuers responded to a pickup stuck in a snowdrift on a mountain pass outside Breckenridge.
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Christina Coulter, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Now her business, Hiccup Earth, has 70,000 cups that Smithe rents out to interested races to replace the typical white paper cups that can pile up like snowdrifts at busy water stops.
—Alexa St. John, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Now her business, Hiccup Earth, has 70,000 cups that Ms. Smithe rents out to interested races to replace the typical white paper cups that can pile up like snowdrifts at busy water stops.
—Alexa St. John, Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2025
Spread over hundreds of acres of forest along the Lake Michigan shoreline, students played sports and tobogganed through snowdrifts.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Christina Coulter, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Now her business, Hiccup Earth, has 70,000 cups that Smithe rents out to interested races to replace the typical white paper cups that can pile up like snowdrifts at busy water stops.
—Alexa St. John, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
Now her business, Hiccup Earth, has 70,000 cups that Ms. Smithe rents out to interested races to replace the typical white paper cups that can pile up like snowdrifts at busy water stops.
—Alexa St. John, Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2025
Spread over hundreds of acres of forest along the Lake Michigan shoreline, students played sports and tobogganed through snowdrifts.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowdrift
Noun
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Few imagine an everyday man collapsing into a snowbank in rural Idaho, his breath carving a shallow cave in the ice, his mind unraveling with every passing year.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
22 Dec. 2025
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His car hit both highway walls then careened over a snowbank and fell 70 feet.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Quickly, the miracle occurred—and the engine amply fulfilled the collective dream of the men gathered on the bank.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Exchange Located in an old bank building in DTSB, The Exchange is one of South Bend’s only late-night bars catering squarely to the non-student crowd.—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Snowdrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowdrift. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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