petal
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"Each piece of fabric, each petal, is made from different material. It was top-stitched to give the impression of veining," she said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
According to Vogue: “30 people were involved in the making of the look, and it took 8,500 hours to make with 60,000 crystals and 7,000 folded petal raffia and raw raffia frayed ravens”.
From BBC ● May 6, 2024
The majority of cells feature round- or oval-shaped nuclei that are rigid, but neutrophils differ in that their nuclei adopt multiple lobular structures akin to that of flower petal arrangements.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
Adam Fournier, their bar director, describes their spirit-free rose champagne, containing rose petal, Sakura white tea, verjus rouge and "a smattering of other small components we force carbonate."
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2023
There are trees and flowers and grass surrounding twisted pebble pathways, every leaf and petal perfectly white.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Smith makes treats like Skittles, gummy bears and pasta festooned with marigold petals, narrating each step in a baby-soft voice while wearing dreamy fits.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
They engineered carefully controlled porous materials that imitate the way natural foams scatter light while also drawing inspiration from water-repellent surfaces found on leaves and flower petals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
After the flower is sufficiently “crispy,” she sits at an L-shaped desk overlooking her makeshift garden and coats individual petals with resin up to six times, curing them under a UV light between coats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The couple, who won the first series of the spin-off edition in 2024, announced on Instagram, external they were "just married" alongside a photo of them kissing while flower petals floated around them.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Behind them, there was a string of cactus petals carried by a wind that erased the lizard’s footprints.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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