So I took the opportunity last month during a late-winter trip to Colorado to sample as many of the local microbrew offerings as my liver and the altitude would allow.

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If the battery is several years old, buying a new one before embarking on a winter road trip is cheap insurance against a breakdown.

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On a recent afternoon, Aidan and his parents admitted they were somewhat baffled by the attention for a project that began two years ago on a winter hiking trip through the Catskill Mountains.

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Against the wall was the suitcase packed and ready for the trip to Winter Hill.

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Take a break from winter and plan a trip to the French West Indies.

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Mr. Papu, who was born in Colombia but grew up in Miami, also contacted the company when he was pulled over for speeding on the way home from a Vermont ski trip last winter.

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Thinking of a trip to Paris this winter?

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The judge has said Winter likely will have to make a third trip to Colorado before the question is resolved.

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Last winter I visited Quebec City, a fortified Canadian city that can feel like a trip to France without the jetlag.

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It being the middle of winter, there was a blizzard, and the Chicago-to-Halifax leg of the trip was canceled.

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