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Near Yuba Pass in California, a snowdrift broadsided the train.
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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
Wall panels and wardrobe doors opened to reveal, variously, a garden, a snowdrift, and a deer carcass hanging on a gambrel.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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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
Wall panels and wardrobe doors opened to reveal, variously, a garden, a snowdrift, and a deer carcass hanging on a gambrel.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for snowdrift
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“Snowdrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowdrift. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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