frost
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Saturday will dawn with another sharp and widespread frost with the coldest conditions expected in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
After the fog and frost clears, Saturday will largely become a bright and dry day.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
As well as a widespread frost, a few icy stretches are possible - especially in northern Scotland.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
These instruments detected hydrogen chloride concentrated in a relatively small area shortly after the disappearance of winter frost.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
After a time, she found that there was a thin layer of frost on the ground, sparkling in the moonlight.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
Where skies clear overnight, especially in more sheltered or rural locations, there will be a continued risk of night frosts.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
These low temperatures with widespread overnight frosts are expected to continue well into next week.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
As the year comes to a close and icy winds bring the first frosts of winter, they are flying to warmer places to nest and feed.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Air and ground frosts have fallen by around 25% since the 1980s, and snow days are becoming increasingly rare across the UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
Streets that glinted with frosts of powdered glass.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
I frosted the cake with a Swiss meringue buttercream that required bringing egg whites and sugar together over a pot of simmering water and then whisking it into stiff peaks.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Images show the large windows at the front facing onto the street and a window - perhaps with frosted glass - on the side where the motorhome was parked.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
“You couldn’t see the fine details, but you could see everything else,” said Denise Milano Sprung of the frosted bathroom door of the hotel room she shared with her husband at the Calgary Airport Marriott.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
On a Wednesday evening in August, Celeste Perkins walked into El Atacor #1 in Cypress Park holding a towering three-tiered cake, frosted in American buttercream and airbrushed in oversaturated hues of red, green and blue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
I could see that she was watching me and waiting for me to leave because I could see her standing in her hall on the other side of the frosted glass in her front door.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
Dubbed dot cakes, they start with boxed cake mix to make the base and double down on that nostalgic flavor with store-bought frosting and sprinkles.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
The cake had a butterscotch frosting, which was brown and thus “weird.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Everything else is just frosting on the cake.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
She punctuates the quip by taking a big bite, leaving a glob of frosting on her face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
Uncle Tony licked pink frosting off the cupcake and went on.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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