flurry
noun
a light, brief shower of snow.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Mark would not let him come here to-day, because it would have flurried you, and he wished to give you time to think.
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope