snow globe
Americannoun
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snow globes
plural
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You live in a diesel snow globe, and somebody just shook it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Next month, his club will travel to see him in A Midsummer Night's Dream - and he hopes more young minds will be captivated by the "snow globe of human emotion" that is live theatre.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Each takes money and time. It’s better to be skating to where the puck is going. Nobody is talking about the snow globe of the future.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
A moment that killed me was at the snow globe museum when you asked about that life-size doll on the shelf, and the woman said it’s her father.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
She pushed her hands into the pockets of her dressing gown, and she pulled out three marbles, a stone with a hole in it, the black key, and an empty snow globe.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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