How to Use snowball effect in a Sentence
snowball effect
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So, kind of a snowball effect from there.
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Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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That started a snowball effect of thinking of all the lists in my life.
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Natalie Jamieson,
Variety,
6 Dec. 2025
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Neon is looking for a snowball effect with strong press and word of mouth as the season picks up.
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Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
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That residue creates a snowball effect.
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Ryan Brennan
may 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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That's where my optimism comes from—achievements can have a snowball effect.
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Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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That could create a snowball effect, since more demand for refills will drive down the price of those packaging molds.
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Kara McGrath,
Allure,
22 Apr. 2026
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Acuña to the Royals is the type of what-if move that would've had quite the snowball effect on MLB.
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Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Zibanejad tends to overanalyze when things aren’t going well, which can create a snowball effect.
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Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Smaller streamers would likely have to consolidate just to keep up, kicking off a snowball effect in the market.
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Hal Singer,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
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What happened next was a snowball effect – as small stray details were subsumed into a big imagined coverup by the White House.
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Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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The result is a costly snowball effect that can cause the total fuel requirement to balloon to absurd proportions.
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Kai James,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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Some parents told the Tribune that pandemic-era growth seems to have set off a snowball effect, fueled by an explosion of online and at-home learning resources.
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Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Mobile started a snowball effect, and by 2000 the restaurant started a small-scale catering operation.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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This demand has caused a snowball effect and a flurry of new supplement brands have popped up left and right, meaning more confusion in the marketplace and a gap between great marketing and scientific evidence.
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Brianna Peters,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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Fuel prices are a top contributor to inflation in Eastern Africa’s biggest economy and have a snowball effect on the cost of food, transport, electricity and manufacturing.
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David Herbling,
Bloomberg,
14 Apr. 2026
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