snowflake
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"It's harder to be young now," says Fonagy, 74, adding his review "dismisses the idea of a snowflake generation".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The film cuts to a hummingbird sipping nectar from a flower on a cactus, a sea turtle floating over a coral reef, pink flamingos on a green lake, a snowflake, a butterfly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The sensors also have an aerosol probe that measures particulate matter, because dust helps with snowflake formation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
The arrival of only one snowflake adds to Gobo’s severe case of writer’s block.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
I haven’t touched the snowflake necklace I used to borrow all the time.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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"I'm optimistic that we're all snowflakes in that snowball that's getting bigger and bigger."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Not to be a bummer, but come summer, you might just find yourself missing the snowflakes.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
Similar to how snowflakes stick together to build a snowball, tiny particles were drawn together by gravity into larger clusters.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
Thick snowflakes confetti the lorries and pedestrians arriving at this remote mountain pass.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
His pale cheeks bore two spots of color, and his suit jacket had a few snowflakes here and there, revealing that he was most likely returning home rather than heading out.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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