frost
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A metal bed with a refrigeration system that maintained a continuous layer of frost over its surface was placed at its center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Daytime highs will be close to the late September average in most regions but some cold nights are expected with frost possible in a few locations on Thursday morning.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The fourth season of “Ted Lasso” doesn’t entirely frost those bad vibes with its happiness and hopium.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
"We know what to do for frost or hail, but not wildfires," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Saving precious daylight hours could mean the difference between harvesting the food before the first frost or not, and having enough nourishment for the winter or not.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
This is holding daytime temperatures several degrees below the seasonal norm with some late-season frosts at night.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Further night frosts are expected in places during the week ahead.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
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
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
Teen Fed was a Swiss talent with frosted tips and an attitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
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
So, if you purchased any similar frosted sugar cookie recently, even if it’s not Target’s Favorite Day brand, consider checking the lot number.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025
The back door is framed in blue wood, but the center of it is frosted glass.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
It was gooey, soft and slathered in a classic tangy cream cheese frosting.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 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
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
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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