snowflake
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The film cuts to a hummingbird sipping nectar from a flower on a cactus, a sea turtle floating over a coral reef, pink flamingos on a green lake, a snowflake, a butterfly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The sensors also have an aerosol probe that measures particulate matter, because dust helps with snowflake formation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
In fact, just a single snowflake has to be recorded falling at any point during the 24 hours of 25 December at any of the Met Office's network of around 300 observing stations.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
The arrival of only one snowflake adds to Gobo’s severe case of writer’s block.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Every now and then a freezing draft and sometimes a snowflake whistled in from the silent outdoors.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
"The avalanche of truth starts with snowflakes," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Planets form from the bottom up, by sticking small-scale planetesimals together. But forming a planet at the edge of the instability zone would be like trying to stick snowflakes together in a hurricane," he said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Not to be a bummer, but come summer, you might just find yourself missing the snowflakes.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
She can munch on pizza made out of molten lava, or apply snowflakes and cotton candy as lip gloss.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
As I stand in the cold with the snowflakes tickling my skin, I pull the crumpled envelope and directions from my pocket.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
