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snowdrift

noun

Definition of snowdrift

as in snowbank

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Recent Examples of snowdrift Compared with the ostensible consequences of the prisoner’s dilemma, getting fleeced in the snowdrift problem’s scenario isn’t quite as disastrous. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2026 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. — Christina Coulter, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025 The powerful storm brought blizzard-like conditions to portions of the Carolinas and southern Virginia over the weekend, and caused some coastal areas to be buried in snowdrifts, forecasters said. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026 Beignets, Bourbon Street and Beyond Start your day the way generations of visitors and locals have — with a plate of pillowy beignets buried under a snowdrift of powdered sugar and a cup of dark chicory coffee at Café Du Monde. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snowdrift

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With their guns drawn, the three officers at one point were able to surround Jones, who had a small snowbank to his back as began swaying back and forth in the street.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2026
Also in January, another ValuJet DC-9 with 30 people aboard slid into a snowbank after landing at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, closing the airport for nearly three hours.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026

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According to information presented in court, Fleming committed three armed robberies of banks in Denton between November 2022 and February 2023.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
The government is also working with private developers, banks and the real estate sector to accelerate temporary and permanent housing solutions.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026

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