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
The arrival of only one snowflake adds to Gobo’s severe case of writer’s block.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
The word resilience could be interpreted by some as disparaging, or even toxic, in a similar vein as the term "snowflake generation".
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
The eastern horizon was glowing a deep red when the last snowflake fell.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
He added that far too often he was seeing a narrative where young people were being described as "snowflakes or shirkers".
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 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
His movie is paced like a TikTok video, with tricks and quips flying around like snowflakes in a blizzard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
"Welcome to borstal," she added, spraying bits of crisp out of her mouth like snowflakes.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
