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as in thunderstorm
a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow
Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard.
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as in tide
an overwhelming influx or flow of something
The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media.
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Recent Examples of blizzard
In addition, the strip of winter storm and blizzard warnings stretching from South Texas to Jacksonville, Fla. is something rarely seen, as a low pressure area traverses the central Gulf of Mexico, directing abundant moisture northward, into the frigid air mass.
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
New Orleans received 10 inches of snow Tuesday from a stunning blizzard that blanked much of the city.
—William Guillory, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
While Illinois is relatively safe, the state routinely faces plenty of potential threats: ice and snow during winter blizzards, destructive hail and high winds from summer storms, flooding from heavy rains and snow melt.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Motorists should prepare for sudden visibility changes, blizzard conditions, and icy roads.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
New Orleans received 10 inches of snow Tuesday from a stunning blizzard that blanked much of the city.
—William Guillory, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
While Illinois is relatively safe, the state routinely faces plenty of potential threats: ice and snow during winter blizzards, destructive hail and high winds from summer storms, flooding from heavy rains and snow melt.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Motorists should prepare for sudden visibility changes, blizzard conditions, and icy roads.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blizzard
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Mostly rain was expected for the majority of New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland, while both rain and thunderstorms would be possible in Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Heavy rains and thunderstorms are now forecast through Tuesday (Jan. 28), though the sudden showers have also triggered flood warnings in certain areas.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Later in the morning, experts will take a look at the start-up landscape and the trajectory for global interest rates, while the afternoon will see a range of public figures consider the rise of economic nationalism, the future of healthcare and whether Latin America’s economic tide is turning.—
Sam Meredith,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
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Coulibaly cannot turn the tide of Leicester’s season alone, though.—
Rob Tanner,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Preliminary estimates from 2024's Atlantic hurricane season, which included the historic Milton and Helene storms, approach a staggering $500 billion – encompassing both immediate structural damage and cascading effects across employment, agriculture, and supply chain networks.—
Sophia Mendelsohn,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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In 1715, a fierce hurricane hit just offshore from Vero Beach, along Florida’s coastline later dubbed the Treasure Coast, and sank eleven of 12 ships in the Spanish Fleet, spilling untold treasures onto the ocean floor.—
Terry Ward,
Outside Online,
19 Jan. 2025
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The magnetic field can be disrupted by stronger solar winds; the stunning auroras are created when the storm's particle stream interacts with gases in the planet's magnetic field.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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Newsweek previously confirmed that Superior Judge Mark Arnold is allowing one camera in the courtroom for this trial, so all streams will likely show the same footage from inside the court.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Unlike 20 years ago, when the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004 killed more than 200,000 people, 2024 was a year of mounting casualties from typhoons, floods, heat waves and droughts.—
Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo,
CNBC,
25 Dec. 2024
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Super Typhoon Kong-rey could sweep ‘almost the whole’ island Kong-rey is the third typhoon to make landfall on Taiwan this year after Krathon and Gaemi.—
Eric Cheung,
CNN,
31 Oct. 2024
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Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation enabling the abuse of power.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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The snowstorm that moved through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic on Sunday left some of the largest accumulations of the season.—
Nazaneen Ghaffar,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Hurts looked over at Barkley, barely seeing through the snowstorm that plagued Lincoln Financial Field.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
19 Jan. 2025
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Showers could linger into Tuesday, spawning flood watches in areas where the Palisades, Franklin, Eaton, Bridge, and Hughes wildfires burned.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Ahead of the storm, the National Weather Service issued flood watches for the Palisades, Eaton, Hughes, Franklin and Bridge fire burn scars.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Blizzard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blizzard. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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