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February 26, 2009

avalanche

Avalanche

avalanche (noun) - 1. a very large number of things happening at the same time, 2. a large amount of snow and ice that suddenly falls down a mountain (See Wikipedia)

an avalanche of new books on the market

an avalanche of sales referrals was expected

an avalanche of mail
he got an avalanche of mail, for and against the proposal

an avalanche of inquiries
the ad set off an avalanche of inquiries

a financial avalanche
risking a financial avalanche that could plunge the country into deep recession

an avalanche of publicity
the avalanche of Batman publicity under way

an avalanche of foreign investment
the hoped-for avalanche of foreign investment has failed to materialize

wiped out by an avalanche
His village was wiped out by an avalanche

unprepared for the avalanche of support and offers of help

turned into an avalanche
Hungary's slide toward a western-style economy has turned into an avalanche

an avalanche of human beings
It's like an avalanche. Every day it's more and more people arriving.

at the call of " Come in, " in a voice like a slow avalanche, lifted the handle and complied

Questions tumbled in her mind like an avalanche, but she held her tongue

an avalanche of information
anavalanche of information to wade through
she looks at the avalanche of existing information and shrugs

start an avalanche
He did move boldly politically, so he's started a political avalanche

collapse under an avalanche
Sheehan, who had a nine stroke lead at one time, collapsed under an avalanche of bogies

President Bush avoided an avalanche of hostility that would have resulted had he not chosen a minority

his bare feet causing a minor avalanche of loose stones and dirt each time they struck the ground.

The hand grasping the hammer protruded from the avalanche

trapped in an avalanche
moving left -- away from the avalanche -- quickly

burying all other emotions in an avalanche of frustrated jealousy

with a belch that could start an avalanche

Genetic testing is entering an era in which we will have just an avalanche of new tests

there was a veritable avalanche of commentary

the Chinese armed forces became the object of an avalanche of speculation

trying to sort of put a foot up against an avalanche?

as soon as I said it, I felt the avalanche inside me; I knew it was a mistake

the toughest challenge will be to develop effective means for finding our way through the looming avalanche of data that even now threatens to engulf us


 

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