Recent Examples on the WebYes, the sun might be glancing off the snowdrifts, and the birds may be chirping away with blithe exuberance.—Celine Nguyen, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024 Major roadways leading to the stadium were cleared, with 5-foot snowdrifts lining the roads after they were plowed.—John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024 Meteorologists warn that persistent snowdrift could hamper clean up efforts from the intense weekend blizzard.—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024 How Iowa has historically impacted presidential campaigns 01:45 The Iowa caucuses can launch campaigns onto the nomination or bury them beneath the snowdrifts.—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024 The blizzard of 1873 left snowdrifts a dozen feet high on some Indiana farms.—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023 Like other homeowners in the towns near Lake Tahoe, Mr. Culp was racing to remove massive snowdrifts from his roof.—Eliza Fawcett, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023 Rain then morphed into macadamia-nut-sized hail that pelted the stadium, leaving what looked like foot-high snowdrifts on the floor of each dugout.—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023 The storm inundated Buffalo with more than 50 inches of snow from during Christmastime, caused snowdrifts of up to 15 feet and killed 15 Erie County residents in addition to the 31 people who died in Buffalo’s city limits.—Laura Ly, CNN, 2 June 2023
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