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frost

[frawst, frost] / frɔst, frɒst /


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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

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

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

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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