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  "path": "/california/story/2026-02-18/as-desperate-search-for-avalanche-victims-continues-why-they-were-skiing-backcountry-in-blizzard",
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  "textContent": "While the fate of the missing skiers remains unknown, Tuesday’s avalanche has the potential to go down as one of the worst in modern California history.",
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