miniature
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Blind box collectables like Sonny Angels - tiny, unclothed cherub-like dolls - and miniature glow-in-the-dark Smiski figurines have been flying off shelves.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
One Instagram Reel shows a film crew capturing a giant wave flattening a model city with the caption, “No CGI. No compositing. Just a hand-built miniature Miami and a 40-foot wave tank.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
To build his miniature cosmos, Barontini used a cloud of approximately 24,000 atoms cooled to just a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
While McGee has no plans to revive the concept, he has created a miniature replica of the 99 Cents Only Store at the gallery, complete with the store’s iconic blue-and-white floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The ground in front of the zmeyok rumbled, a miniature earthquake confined to a square inch.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Two miniatures, shown here in blown-up copies, may date from Henry and Anne’s courtship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The lyrics breathe like literary miniatures, gleefully exploring social satire, the fantastic and macabre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
In the once-bare space above the bedroom’s mantel, which holds a Louis XVI-style clock, gold-framed pictures and miniatures of family members and friends hang.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
The two accompanied one another as they walked through bookcases filled with leather-bound volumes, before inspecting some of the miniatures made especially for the world's largest dollhouse.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
“And that,” said Mrs. Reynolds, pointing to another of the miniatures, “is my master—and very like him. It was drawn at the same time as the other—about eight years ago.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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