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
After deep contemplation, she despaired, writing: “Nature’s silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
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
And finally there was nothing, just a flake of something dry and nasty in her throat.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
It also works across the board: flaked salmon with lemon and herbs, crab with celery and a lot of black pepper.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
“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
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
Within minutes, Sookie must have flaked enough scratch-ticket snow onto the floor mat to fill a coffee cup.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Before the hosts can begin flaking it, however, the show pauses to consider why Americans eat so little fish compared with people in Japan.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Qubein, the newly appointed president, took a tour with his two college-age daughters and saw rust flaking off an old shower head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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
A coating had to be developed, therefore, which in itself was fireproof, to put over the Beta cloth to prevent it from flaking off.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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