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 total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radio telescopes on the planet Earth is less than the energy of a single snowflake striking the ground.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
He added that far too often he was seeing a narrative where young people were being described as "snowflakes or shirkers".
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Crystals appear everywhere in nature and technology, from snowflakes and diamonds to the silicon inside electronic devices.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026
Not to be a bummer, but come summer, you might just find yourself missing the snowflakes.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
It’s the time of year when consumer trend reports fall like snowflakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The lights illuminate the snowflakes that have begun to fall faster and faster.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
