frost
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Counties along western and southern western coasts of the UK will not be quite as cold, as the warmer sea and an onshore breeze will prevent frost from forming.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
These instruments detected hydrogen chloride concentrated in a relatively small area shortly after the disappearance of winter frost.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Even wispier is the hanging sculpture of Kay Sekimachi, who pioneered the use of monofilament nylon, and whose “Ogawa II” makes you feel you are looking through gossamer frost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
A touch of frost will be possible in sheltered areas in the northern half of the UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
One morning, when the first frost appeared, Hadel asked me to help her with a chore.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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The BBC first started charting the pothole's ups and downs during the frosts of February 2025.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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 year comes to a close and icy winds bring the first frosts of winter, they are flying to warmer places to nest and feed.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 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
Day after day, the winter sun had melted the snow on the eastward-facing slope, and the night frosts had hardened it, until it was a solid, frozen, glittering wall.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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I frosted the cake with a Swiss meringue buttercream that required bringing egg whites and sugar together over a pot of simmering water and then whisking it into stiff peaks.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Teen Fed was a Swiss talent with frosted tips and an attitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
So, the mirrors were frosted, triggering a debate – not just about space, but also Singapore's fixation with orderliness, the low bar for people to complain, and its many, many rules.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
On a Wednesday evening in August, Celeste Perkins walked into El Atacor #1 in Cypress Park holding a towering three-tiered cake, frosted in American buttercream and airbrushed in oversaturated hues of red, green and blue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
In the fitting room, which was just one big room with mirrors on the walls, she found a spot next to an older woman with a shiny face and coarse frosted hair.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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It was gooey, soft and slathered in a classic tangy cream cheese frosting.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
A soft, spice-warmed cake that layers apples three ways—applesauce in the crumb, roasted chunks folded through and a tangy apple butter frosting on top.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
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
I slipped away later, after I’d rubbed the worst of the pink frosting out of my fur.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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