as in thunderstorm
a storm with a large amount of falling snow
An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl.
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Recent Examples of snowstorm
Read, who lives in Mansfield, Massachusetts, is accused of striking her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in 2022 outside a house party in nearby Canton.
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Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Read intentionally ran over O'Keefe after a drunken argument and left him to die during a snowstorm.
—Michael Ruiz , Alexis McAdams, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The attack occurs during a blustery snowstorm that hampers visibility in the horde’s daytime assault, and most of the scenes required a VFX touch.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
During a snowstorm outside of Jackson, Wyo., Joel (Pedro Pascal) saves Abby (Dever) from a horde of infected, only to be ambushed.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
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Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Read intentionally ran over O'Keefe after a drunken argument and left him to die during a snowstorm.
—Michael Ruiz , Alexis McAdams, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The attack occurs during a blustery snowstorm that hampers visibility in the horde’s daytime assault, and most of the scenes required a VFX touch.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
During a snowstorm outside of Jackson, Wyo., Joel (Pedro Pascal) saves Abby (Dever) from a horde of infected, only to be ambushed.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowstorm
Noun
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 May 2025
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There’s also a growing chance of thunderstorms, particularly in the south and southwest, late Thursday and into the night.—
Nazaneen Ghaffar,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Prosecutors allege, following a night of drinking in Canton, that Read struck O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV outside of a get-together at another officer's home and left him to die in a blizzard in January 2022.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Read is accused of backing her Lexus SUV into her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, a Boston police officer, causing a head injury and leaving him to die on the ground in a blizzard on Jan. 29, 2022.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Snowstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowstorm. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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