frost
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Further north, no frost is expected by Friday dawn and afternoon highs will peak in the mid teens Celsius.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
A metal bed with a refrigeration system that maintained a continuous layer of frost over its surface was placed at its center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The fourth season of “Ted Lasso” doesn’t entirely frost those bad vibes with its happiness and hopium.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
"We know what to do for frost or hail, but not wildfires," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
When he came in, stamping the snow from his boots, and caught Laura up in a bear’s hug against his cold, big coat, his mustache was beaded with little drops of melting frost.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Further night frosts are expected in places during the week ahead.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
This combination of weather types - with a lack of overnight frosts - has meant an early bloom of spring flowers, especially in southern England.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
As the growing season progresses, the plant puffs itself into a roughly spherical shape, until the first frosts, when it snaps off its stalk and waits to be blown across the landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
According to the latest State of the Climate Report, external, air and ground frosts have reduced by around a quarter since the 1980s.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
Day after day, the winter sun had melted the snow on the eastward-facing slope, and the night frosts had hardened it, until it was a solid, frozen, glittering wall.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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
While they were at it, what about a pop that looked and tasted like a frosted rainbow cake?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
So, the mirrors were frosted, triggering a debate – not just about space, but also Singapore's fixation with orderliness, the low bar for people to complain, and its many, many rules.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 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
His mother would rush and grab him and, with a foreign curse and a shaken fist at the frosted door, hurry him out of the torture chamber.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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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
It was gooey, soft and slathered in a classic tangy cream cheese frosting.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Beyond serving customers at the counter, I also worked in the back, finishing donuts through tasks like jelly filling, frosting and powdering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Everything else is just frosting on the cake.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
All I remember is we were putting frosting on cupcakes when he started banging on the door.”
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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