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as in disaster
something that has failed
the get-acquainted meeting with his fiancée's parents turned out to be a complete frost
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as in to bug
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
it was the salesclerk's high-handed rudeness that really frosted me
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Recent Examples of frost
Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Wait to plant potted agapanthus until all danger of frost has passed.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025
Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Or place 13x9-inch cake in pan on a wire rack; cool completely.
Make Frosting
Meanwhile, prepare frosting.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Other vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers and melons, need to wait at least until May, when the soil is thoroughly warm and any danger of frost is past.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Wait to plant potted agapanthus until all danger of frost has passed.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
Adorned with a festive sprinkle print and a frosting scent, they’re infused with marshmallow root, sugarcane and vanilla extract to smooth and moisturize the under-eye area.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Or place 13x9-inch cake in pan on a wire rack; cool completely.
Make Frosting
Meanwhile, prepare frosting.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frost
Noun
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In temperatures below freezing, fog can actually deposit ice onto objects at or near the ground, called rime ice.—
Ross Lazear,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
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Waddington is notorious for its fickle weather—the peak is regularly hit by storms off the Pacific Ocean that freeze the summit in rime ice.—
Corbin Reiff,
Outside Online,
22 Oct. 2024
Noun
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However, he’s also had his share of expensive disasters, such as Joao Felix, Santiago Arias and Nikola Kalinić.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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All the while, he’s typically dressed in a form-fitting dress, a shoulder-length wig and heeled boots (because open-toed shoes around hatchets and augers could spell disaster).—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Ferrell bugs his eyes out and sighs a series of increasingly desperate spit-takes, but this project was probably doomed from the get-go.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
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The movie's famous final scene sees Hackman's character playing the saxophone after his paranoia has led him to destroy his entire apartment to see if it was bugged.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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But sometimes the crystals grow particularly large, forming hoar frost.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
24 Jan. 2014
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The hoar frost made the trees sparkle as though Earthquake Park were contained in a snow globe.—
Alli Harvey,
Anchorage Daily News,
16 Jan. 2022
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Related article Research team reports longest successful transplant of a pig kidney into a human A successful pig liver transplant would be a major advance for people with acute liver failure, even as a temporary bridge while awaiting a human donor organ.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Parading out amendments destined for failure is not leadership.—
Christopher Eric Bouchat,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Waltz now has a bunch of top officials, and their teams, who are annoyed at him for drawing bad publicity.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
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However, standing in the middle of a road to capture the Eiffel Tower in the background is not only unsafe but can also annoy locals.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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From a reading delivered in November in Richmond, Virginia. e began to figure it out on day eleven or twelve of the seven-day trip, the slate and obsidian waves rolling under our stern, the crispy hoarfrost of whitecap foam seeding in our beards, the wind spitting ice in our eyes.—
Mark Richard,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Nearby, hoarfrost shimmered on hemlock branches, a bear cub peered out from a hole in the snow, and a sudden, terrifying silence echoed in the ears of the man’s ski partners.—
Caroline Van Hemert,
Outside Online,
11 Aug. 2021
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Chicago Bears - Will Campbell, OL, LSU Will Campbell has fallen a bit due to his shorter arm length, but that likely won't bother Ben Johnson.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Because Congress never bothered to write a law to establish it.—
Jay Cost,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Frost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frost. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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