See snowball on Wiktionary
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"A snowball is a ball made of snow."
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsnəʊbɔːl/",
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈsnoʊbɔl/",
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"US"
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},
{
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]
},
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"text": "If you do not pay the bank on time, the interest will snowball."
}
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},
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