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Snow is like glacier food - and under stable conditions some of it would eventually compact into ice.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

His Manchester City sides looked to force teams back into a compact defence, a challenge that in theory should be harder to break down.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Much of the initial outrage was fueled by the misconception that Uber planned to send its regular drivers, who often drive compact, two-wheel-drive sedans, into the park, instead of licensed guides with proper 4x4s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Its setup evolved from more than 100 bands across 28 porchesto a more compact, walkable format in 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

His unmistakable compact frame and booming voice yelling commands at his opponent immediately made me feel at home.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

The international community, through the United Nations, placed the islands under U.S. administration after World War II. Decades later, the nations voted in referendums to enter into the compacts with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

“The social compacts that the people have sown in them are very ingrained.”

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

For years, American drivers have been gravitating toward sport utility vehicles and away from sedans, compacts and hatchbacks.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

The reason has been extensively documented in scientific studies: As groundwater is pumped at levels not easily replenished, the soil beneath compacts and the valley floor sinks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2023

This bottleneck compacts the waves and gives them even more force.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Even the design of farm machinery was considered — and tractors were fitted with wider tires to ensure that soil was less compacted when driven over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Way-marked pistes are generally protected by pre-emptive avalanche blasting, and their snow is flattened and compacted to further reduce the risk.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

On Thursday, mangled metal screeched as an excavator compacted the skeletons of former homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

The fibers are then compacted even more tightly to fit inside the nucleus.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025

Some lone hiker, even more impatient than I, had pushed through ahead of us and compacted the snow a little, which helped.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

“There are a lot of other very important priorities, and there are logistical difficulties in getting that water into the compacting parts of the aquifer system,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024

And because the ice is stable, the thick annual layers can accumulate for centuries, compacting into ice.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2024

Deep in Antarctica’s frigid interior, fluffy, air-filled snow accumulates layer by layer, compacting into slabs of ice over millennia.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2023

Earlier this year, crews finished backfilling and compacting the area around the K East reactor with about 34,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel to level the site.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

After picking for two long hours, Roberto helped Mama make more room in her sack by lifting it upright and shaking it several times up and down, compacting the cotton to the bottom.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez