snowplow
Americannoun
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snowplows
plural
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an implement or machine for clearing away snow from highways, railroad tracks, etc.
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Skiing. a maneuver in which a skier pushes the heels of both skis outward so that they are far apart, as for turning, decreasing speed, or stopping.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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to clear away snow with a snowplow.
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Skiing. to execute a snowplow.
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Renner suffered a life-threatening snowplow accident on New Year’s Day in 2023 and described the event and his struggles to recover in his 2025 memoir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
Jeremy Renner has found his first movie role since his nearly fatal snowplow accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
Rhode Island officials said that 450 snowplow crews would report for duty around 1 a.m.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Actor Jeremy Renner, who survived a serious snowplow accident at the start of 2023, followed.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
It isn’t even an inch, but in this part of Oregon a slight dusting brings everything to a standstill as the one snowplow in the county gets busy clearing the roads.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
In past years, rural areas in the northeast have been entirely cut off while snowplows attempted to clear roads.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
“We’ve got 800 snowplows statewide for the Minnesota Department of Transportation, so we have a lot of snowplows to name,” Meyer said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
It took twice that long for snowplows to clear the side roads leading to the hospital, Davis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
But a municipality with its much larger scale could reasonably invest in more efficient, motorized sidewalk snowplows.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023
They’re moving all the snowplows and road graders outside to make room for our new production.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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