frost
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Wednesday night will bring the first frost of the season to some places, as colder air arrives from the Arctic.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
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
After a time, she found that there was a thin layer of frost on the ground, sparkling in the moonlight.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
This is holding daytime temperatures several degrees below the seasonal norm with some late-season frosts at night.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
This means we are seeing less snow and fewer frosts - in fact we now get around four weeks less ground frost than we did half a century ago.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 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
This painful ritual went on week after week, until “at last the frosts and storms of November came and threw a chilling barrier between the living and the dead, and we went there no more.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Teen Fed was a Swiss talent with frosted tips and an attitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Until 1 January, when they showed up as usual only to find the mirrors frosted.
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
It seems odd to want to walk around smelling like baby bottles or frosted cupcakes.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025
Curtis and Mike were already in the kitchen, chowing down on the last of the good Toaster Tarts—the frosted cupcake swirls.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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
The cake had a butterscotch frosting, which was brown and thus “weird.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Everything else is just frosting on the cake.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
There I stood just where the blanket stopped, completely iced in pink frosting.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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