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.—
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Though the show may seem like a perfectly picturesque, saccharine snow globe at first glance, there's a bite woven in, at times acerbic, at times deeply dramatic in a real-life way.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The season transforms the city’s historic streets into something out of a snow globe—brick row houses dusted in white, gas lamps flickering through the early dusk, and the smell of soul-warming seafood chowder drifting from restaurants in the Seaport area.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
The camera then zooms out to show that the athlete is actually inside of a snow globe, which the pop star has been gazing into and shaking.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Thousands of tree swallows float down the coast, rising into snow globe formations when a deadly falcon appears on the scene.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The season transforms the city’s historic streets into something out of a snow globe—brick row houses dusted in white, gas lamps flickering through the early dusk, and the smell of soul-warming seafood chowder drifting from restaurants in the Seaport area.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
The camera then zooms out to show that the athlete is actually inside of a snow globe, which the pop star has been gazing into and shaking.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Thousands of tree swallows float down the coast, rising into snow globe formations when a deadly falcon appears on the scene.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Snow globe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snow%20globe. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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