snowflake
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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
The path and time taken for a snowflake to fall depends on several factors including the wind speed, the humidity of the air and the height of the cloud.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2024
The teacher had put images of what looked like crystal snowflake ornaments on the overhead projector.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
Milburn challenged the idea that young people were not trying, or were "work-shy, snowflakes, soft".
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
"Planets form from the bottom up, by sticking small-scale planetesimals together. But forming a planet at the edge of the instability zone would be like trying to stick snowflakes together in a hurricane," he said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Not to be a bummer, but come summer, you might just find yourself missing the snowflakes.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
Like snowflakes, every stock market bubble is unique.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
He patted her hand with gratitude, the soft snowflakes landing on them like resting stars.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
