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snowballing

  • present participle
    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

Jason Arday, who made headlines when appointed as Cambridge's youngest black professor in 2023, resigned Wednesday after the university announced a probe into snowballing claims he plagiarised parts of his PhD thesis.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

This has resulted in a very positive snowballing of monthly benefits that wouldn’t have otherwise occurred.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025

Union bosses say teachers are under unprecedented pressure, suffering from snowballing demands, ever increasing workloads and, in many cases, burnout.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

Then, snowballing the rest of the clothes into one soft, conglomerate mass, she stuffed them out of sight under the bed.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath