snow blindness
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of snow blindness
First recorded in 1740–50
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Severson hadn’t brought sunglasses and didn’t consider the threat of snow blindness until the drive home, when he felt like “screaming.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
More than four decades before he battled snow blindness, Mark Pattison couldn’t bench-press his body weight.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2021
Everyone who visits must undergo safety training to learn about dangers such as frostbite, hypothermia and snow blindness.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2019
He wore dark glasses because he suffered snow blindness as a young man in Siberia, where his family was exiled by the Soviets.
From Reuters ● May 29, 2014
Dragging the incapacitated along on sledges, the rescuers struggled back to the Advance, enduring snow blindness and frostbite.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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