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The car was almost buried in a snowdrift.
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Perhaps appropriately, some Chiefs went through drills Wednesday with snowdrifts looming over them in the distance.
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Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Near Yuba Pass in California, a snowdrift broadsided the train.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Be extra alert and remember that snowdrifts can hide smaller children.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
That is, the snowdrifts are up to my waist, and it’s been snowing all weekend.
—Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Near Yuba Pass in California, a snowdrift broadsided the train.
—Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Be extra alert and remember that snowdrifts can hide smaller children.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
That is, the snowdrifts are up to my waist, and it’s been snowing all weekend.
—Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Snowdrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowdrift. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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snowdrift
noun
snow·drift
-ˌdrift 
: a bank of drifted snow
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