blizzards

noun

plural of blizzard
1
as in thunderstorms
a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard.

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2
as in tides
an overwhelming influx or flow of something The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media.

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Recent Examples of blizzards Grandma, irrelevantly but convincingly, spoke of wars, blizzards and trekking barefoot to school. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 The incidents tracked include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and hail. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 June 2026 As Bloomberg recently reported, brides are buying $14 spells from witches on Etsy to ensure that their $100,000 weddings are not marred by blizzards or downpours. — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 Invasive Callery pears, or Bradford pears, bloom in blizzards across Illinois neighborhoods, roadsides and forests every April. — Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026 Floods, droughts, deep freezes, and blizzards! — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Apr. 2026 For decades, Indian Point operated 24/7 and supplied roughly 2,000 megawatts of carbon-free electricity around the clock — through heat waves, blizzards, and everything in between. — Nicole Malliotakis, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026 February marked a brutal month across the country, with blizzards and blackouts. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blizzards
  1. thunderstorms
  2. tides
  3. hurricanes
  4. avalanches
  5. typhoons
  6. floods
  7. snowstorms
Noun
  • About 100,000 thunderstorms rumble across the United States each year, but just 10% intensify into a severe thunderstorm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of thunderstorms
Noun
  • Instead, Nagiewicz said the sharks may have become trapped by changing tides and subsequently stranded themselves.
    — Ross DiMattei, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors warned that heavy spring storms and king tides regularly paralyze the downtown area with flooding.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of tides
Noun
  • There were delays, including some caused by three hurricanes — the Charley, Frances and Jeanne era — that battered the area.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Less than three of them are expected to become major hurricanes.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurricanes
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  • Mountaineering accidents are common in northern Pakistan, where climbers face hazards including avalanches, falling ice and rock, extreme altitude and rapidly changing weather.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Residents from the region spoke to her about dealing with avalanches, floods and landslides in their isolated home.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 July 2026
Definition of avalanches
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  • Scientists say global warming has made extreme weather more likely, including stronger typhoons.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Disruptions to port operations due to typhoons helped to slow trade, though the actual figures were slightly better than analysts had forecast.
    — Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of typhoons
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  • Forecasters warned the worst may not yet be over for some Midwesterners, as rivers continued to swell Thursday in states previously struck by this week's floods.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its most severe warning for heavy rain in 14 municipalities in the Chiba prefecture, warning residents of floods and landslides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of floods
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  • Millions tuned in to watch her weather snowstorms, raise eaglets with her mate Shadow, and soar above Big Bear Lake, turning a wildlife camera into one of the internet's most beloved windows into nature.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • These are the men and women who spent decades operating buses, maintaining subways, repairing tracks, and kept New York moving through snowstorms, terrorist attacks, and a global pandemic.
    — Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
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