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‘Snow may undergo drifts.’

[(k snow.n) undergo.v ⟨det (plur drift.n)⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Where are we? “Pickles put an arm around her and pecked her on the cheek as she sat up, ` ` It looks like we’re still in the stage. “But his attention was diverted to the fact that the area outside of them was eerily quiet, and small drifts of snow were starting to trickle in from the still – open crack of wall above them where the steel beam was also still wedged in it. ` `… I don’t think the stage is where it was, though. “Cherry bit her bottom lip, then decided to address the collective groggy faces that shared the vast metal enclosure, ` ` Is everyone alright? “Caj was the first completely on her feet and headed for the back area of the stage ` ` Fine here, but Toki isn’t…’ ’ she said before rooting around in the mess of fallen metal and glass that made up that part of the room.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The huge drifts of snow in the backyard have formed a hard crust from the daily thaw / freeze we have been having for the past few days and now they can walk all over them and even walk up to the six foot tall fence and look over into the nieghbour’s yard.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She could not be saved, and Ecthelion and I were tender as we laid drifts of snow over her; it was he who carried the baby inside his shirt then, for my neck was very bruised and I had much trouble to breathe.
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In Wikipedia:

The entire state was mired in drifts of snow up to high and, at some locations, even higher drifts existed.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I’ll chase summer thunderstorms until autumn leaves fall into drifts of snow and blossom.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The gray planks above, painted with sand for boat – shoe traction, hide now beneath drifts of snow, a memory.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In places more than half the road had drifts of snow across it, though not too deep.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

So it seemed as he made his way through the high drifts of snow.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Dead tracks, long obscured by drifts of snow, heaps of rotting leaves.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I loved blizzards and whiteouts, and waking up in the morning to see drifts of fresh snow that reached the roof of our house in beautiful mathematical arcs.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Posted by: stillwater – It is night and I’m driving my car through a narrow lane that snakes it’s way between huge drifts of snow.
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In the British National Corpus:

A few days later, the storm became so violent that sheep became buried in six-foot drifts of snow, and the camera recorded farmers scrabbling down with their hands to release buried sheep, pin-pointed by amazingly perceptive border collies.
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In Wikipedia:

During and shortly after the festival these pink blossoms blow through yards and streets like drifts of snow.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The knee – high drifts of snow melted; the grass grew again; the daylight lasted long into the evening; the breeze blew soft and warm.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

For what seems like 10 months of the year, they play in 20ft drifts of snow, which might suit players like Adebayor and Bendtner, but poor old Theo and young Jack Wilshere would need snorkels.
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In the British National Corpus:

The pure white drifts of snow against the door of the hut convinced me that nobody had been that way recently.
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In Wikipedia:

Many livestock lost their lives, either starving or freezing to death under tremendous drifts of snow.
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In Project Gutenberg:

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I walked around the lake, over the unshovled sidewalks with drifts of snow averaging around 10 inches, and wind blowing the powdered ice into my face.
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Queried on 2013-05-19.