snowflake
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Some radiators have a snowflake symbol on the valve that activates the frost protection setting, meaning that if the room gets very cold, the radiator warms slightly to stop the pipes from bursting.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
The arrival of only one snowflake adds to Gobo’s severe case of writer’s block.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Never a tremor of wind, or a splash of rain, no errant snowflake comes to stain that heaven, so calm, so vaporless, the world of light.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Not to be a bummer, but come summer, you might just find yourself missing the snowflakes.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
Similar to how snowflakes stick together to build a snowball, tiny particles were drawn together by gravity into larger clusters.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
Thick snowflakes confetti the lorries and pedestrians arriving at this remote mountain pass.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Like snowflakes, every stock market bubble is unique.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
When the song is over, Mama and Daddy melt away like snowflakes falling on wet ground.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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