Example Sentences
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Avalanches start long before the slide, with a weak layer of snow buried under everything that follows.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Avalanches were deadly, explained Mr. White, and caused 65 percent of all deaths in one of the regions studied.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
Urango was a beloved collaborator who performed and recorded alongside major acts including the Avalanches, the Clash’s Mick Jones and MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
Avalanches in the winter of 2020-2021 killed 37 people nationwide, which was the most recorded by the avalanche center in records going back to 1950.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023
Avalanches rush and boom from the shelving heights, piling immense heaps upon the frozen lake, and all the summer glory is buried and lost.
From The Mountains of California by Muir, John
