snow globe
noun
: a sphere usually made of glass containing a miniature scene and flakes suspended in a clear liquid that give the appearance of snow falling onto the scene when the sphere is shaken
At the gift shop around the corner, you can buy giant panda oven mitts, hand towels, snow globes, decorative plates and change purses, among many other items.—
David Rowell
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This backcountry Breckenridge home, which becomes its own glorified snow globe each winter, overlooks the Tenmile range’s highest peak, Mount Quandary.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
In March 2014, investigators could even watch as an international crisis played out live inside the snow globe of Bogachev’s criminal botnet.
—Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2017
Such is the power of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, who has spent her career holding up fragile ideas of modern pop stardom and vigorously shaking them like a snow globe.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
No scrap of the past is safe from showing up again — no snow globe, no snowmobile, no snow or beach.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
In March 2014, investigators could even watch as an international crisis played out live inside the snow globe of Bogachev’s criminal botnet.
—Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2017
Such is the power of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, who has spent her career holding up fragile ideas of modern pop stardom and vigorously shaking them like a snow globe.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
No scrap of the past is safe from showing up again — no snow globe, no snowmobile, no snow or beach.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Snow globe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snow%20globe. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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