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are snowballing

  • present progressive
    of snowball.
    snowball
    noun
    a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.

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Once that crude reaches refiners, costs are snowballing further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“It seems like at-bats are snowballing on us right now,” Kiké Hernández added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025

Costs are snowballing with each link of the supply chain and inflation is on the rise, so will be hard to avoid higher prices at checkout.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

While walking rounds are snowballing, no one in the golf business expects motorized golf carts to disappear entirely.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2021

Attack of the Rust Fungus Imported plants and animals are a menace whose "environmental and economic impacts are snowballing," according to a congressional report.

From Time Magazine Archive