wintry
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The government has credited wintry weather with a recent lull in the disease.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Francesco's screen time can sometimes tip over the hour mark, Sam says, especially on wintry weekends, but argues that is not necessarily a bad thing.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
The showers will be wintry in nature with hail and thunder for some.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Combined with some wintry showers and snow over higher ground, it felt like winter had made a return.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
The cobs of the corn they had dried and eaten and they stripped the bark from trees and all over the countryside people were eating what grass they could find upon the wintry hills.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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