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snow globe

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[snoh glohb] / ˈsnoʊ ˌgloʊb /

noun

snow globes plural
  1. a clear glass or plastic ball containing a model scene, a clear liquid, and white flakes that settle like snow when the globe is shaken.


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“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

What next for the Chiefs after 'NFL snow globe shaken'

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

But if you’re gonna ask me these questions, I’ll tell you that the world is a colonial snow globe.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

Martini Town, however, might as well have been a snow globe celebrating Picturesque Christmasville, U.S.A.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

The box contained photographs, a few small objects, and a snow globe from the Coney Island lighthouse.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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