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In 2013, a flower-like sculpture by Klein, made from blue-tinted sponges on a metal stem and stone base, fetched $22 million at Sotheby's in New York, breaking the auction record for his works.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Using a combination of ancient staining procedures combined with advanced techniques, named chromosome-conformation-capture studies, the researchers unveiled how flower-like nuclei are assembled.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

For the national semifinal game, Mulkey arrived in a carnation pink top with a flower-like puffs along the entire sleeves, a designer-made top similar to what her 2-year-old granddaughter wore.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

An earlier, more fanciful outdoor piece, Mr. Schultz’s petal table, was inspired by Queen Anne’s lace, with its flower-like top sprouting from an elegant pedestal base.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2021

Mr. and Mrs. K had lived by the dead sea for twenty years, and their ancestors had lived in the same house, which turned and followed the sun, flower-like, for ten centuries.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury