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- verb Present participle of
snowball .
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Examples
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Another lot of snowballing is going to send our ACPO ‘board’ into a frenzy.
My Kingdom For A 4X4 With Suitable Tyres! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Belgians are not about to kill each, Mr Goris admits, but they should be wary of ever more devolution: "The changes you bring to the political build-up of a country have a long-term snowballing effect."
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The changes you bring to the political build-up of a country have a long-term snowballing effect
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While some reactions are linear, chain reactions can spread geometrically aka snowballing, potentially causing large and unexpected impact.
Chain reaction Clark Aldrich 2006
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Reflecting back on the event decades later, another lieutenant (junior grade) recalled the snowballing of dissent that had led to the meeting in the first place.
Tour of Duty 2003
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Reflecting back on the event decades later, another lieutenant (junior grade) recalled the snowballing of dissent that had led to the meeting in the first place.
Tour of Duty 2003
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This is known as snowballing as your repayments can be rolled up onto the next debt as each one is paid off.
Muti 2009
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So even if the idea of snowballing appeals to a man as you're blowing him, it might not hold the same appeal the moment after he comes.
Portland Mercury 2009
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So even if the idea of snowballing appeals to a man as you're blowing him, it might not hold the same appeal the moment after he comes.
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This is known as snowballing as your repayments can be rolled up onto the next debt as each one is paid off.
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