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• n  the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
• v  spend the winter
  We wintered on the Riviera
  Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island

• This chorale roundelay about a school trip to the woods in winter is just 52 words and two-and-a-half minutes long.
• That's because it's winter in the southern hemisphere, and flu infections tend to spike during the fall and winter months in temperate countries.
• Every fourth winter ABC makes a TV addict of me with its coverage of the Winter Olympics.

• wintertime
• overwinter

News & Articles

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• Winter Haven CPA/Attorney Uncovers Tax Error Worth Millions to Citizens
  WINTER HAVEN, Fla., June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- J. Kelly Kennedy, a Winter Haven Attorney and Certified Public Accountant, filed a declaratory action against the Polk County Property Tax Appraiser's ...
  June 11, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Winter Haven Commission Considers Next Move for Chain of Lakes Complex
  Winter Haven city commissioners appeared open to moving forward with a new vision for the Chain of Lakes Complex at Monday's commission meeting despite a threatened lawsuit.
  June 11, 2013 - The Lakeland Ledger
• Winter Haven Police Capture Man Suspected of Breaking Into Ex-Girlfriend's Home
  Winter Haven police said they have arrested a 30-year-old man whom they were looking for after he repeatedly broke into his ex-girlfriend's home last week.
  June 10, 2013 - The Lakeland Ledger

Quotes

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• Vladimir Putin in International Herald Tribune
  On the seashore you can enjoy a fine spring day, but up in the mountains, it's winter,Putin said. "A real snow is guaranteed."
• Greg Zipadelli in International Herald Tribune
  We've worked all winter, we've worked the last 10 years, I've worked my whole life,Zipadelli said. "It's just the way that it is. There's a lot of good people that haven't won this race. I'm not going to get hung up on it. I'm going to...
• Robert Gates in FOXNews
  It is a tough pull,Gates told "Fox News Sunday." "We warned everybody that would be the case last winter, that as we went into areas that the Taliban had controlled for two or three years, that our casualties would grow, especially this...