flake
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"I was so red, my skin was so tight, then it would flake, then it would ooze, and then the cycle would begin again."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
Its steel surface—unlike a coating that can flake off—is hardened through a process called nitriding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
They found that flake cereals with fruit “played more into people’s need for sensory pleasure,” Food Business News reported.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025
He said digs at the site have turned up about 70 items ranging from flake stones to a rare example of an early ground stone.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
“I went from so-and-so to so-and-so, trying out studios, making promises I couldn’t keep. But all that stuff over the weeks just kind of flaked away.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025
Or take a bright yuzu marmalade: pair it with black sesame seeds, flaked coconut, a drizzle of coconut cream, a swirl of tahini, and a scatter of lime zest.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
Tender flaked blue crab and summer squash add sweetness and depth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Mr Glauser said while his first choice remained Cadbury Flake 99, when they are unusable he turns to a German alternative marketed as "milk chocolate flaked sticks".
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
Women’s faces were flaked with mud and ash, camouflage from the Russians they’d applied while trekking through the woods.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
It appeared to London that the women thought she was flaking on their plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Figuring out how you feel about flaking — whether you’re thinking about flaking or if you’re the person being flaked on — is hardly trivial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
King recommends that people with dry or sensitive skin, as well as those with rosacea, stay away from ice facials, as the cold can be irritating and cause flaking and redness.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 21, 2024
However, they believe that theory ignores other evidence from Carlos's video - the aggressiveness of the flaking, the shape of the fins and the size of the shark.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024
Some of us are experts at splitting, flaking, sharpening and polishing, as well as finding, rocks.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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