flakes
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But unlike the frozen flakes that fall from the sky, this underwater snow consists of tiny clumps of waste, dead organisms, and other debris.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Add salt and pepper grinders and red pepper flakes.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Adding sugar was against John’s dietary principles, but William bought the recipe from his brother, added cane sugar to the mix, and created a company to make and market corn flakes in 1906.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Other than that, he’s never seemed confident that the future will turn out all right, although he’s kept on working out his worries onscreen, forever hunting for flakes of hope in the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
It was freezing, and loud, and it was peppered with hard, biting flakes of snow—but it was blowing me up the mountain.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
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