frost
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"We know what to do for frost or hail, but not wildfires," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
With grandma’s nest egg and mom and dad’s retirement tied up in a young couple’s first home, even a slight chill in property valuations causes an arctic frost on consumer sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
According to the researchers, these similarities suggest that studying lemon frost geckos could provide insights that extend well beyond reptile biology.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
It is cold little chaos, packaged in cardboard and frost.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
There was a hint of frost in the air.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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
Elsewhere across the UK there will be widespread overnight frosts and an increasing risk of snow showers affecting parts of Northern Ireland, northern England and North Wales by the end of this week.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
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
There will be some overnight frosts and risk of ice where showers fall.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
A series of hard frosts had killed the crops they’d planted afterward, leaving only mud and ash and wilted, rotting stalks.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
Until 1 January, when they showed up as usual only to find the mirrors frosted.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 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
Yeah, maybe it sounds silly to say, “I want to smell like a frosted donut,” but scents are proven to have a huge impact on your mood and mental state.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025
Now the frosted landscape glittered in the light of a moon that was only one night short of being full.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
One of the more polite children at our doomed gathering explained that she only liked the pink and blue frosting on supermarket cakes.
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
Susan Prunty’s bakery in Medford, Ore., sold about 25 Christmas cookie decorating kits through the middle of last December, complete with a dozen freshly baked sugar cookies, buttercream frosting, and sprinkles.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Boo carries dirty glasses to the kitchen, Ana and I wipe the table, and CPU licks frosting off the floor.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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