Example Sentences

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Do you ever run into issues with other vehicles or pedestrians, like snowplows or people cleaning out their own digs?

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

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

The response in Minnesota has prompted states and cities across the country to hold similar contests to name snowplows, from Alaska and California to Ohio and Massachusetts.

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

By mid-April, the snow melted enough that snowplows could clear a path on old logging roads up to a landing above Coldwater Creek.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone