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glacial

[gley-shuhl] / ˈgleɪ ʃəl /




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She’s the most animated during the fittings for her inauguration outfits, and even then, she talks with a hard, glacial cadence.

From Salon

A bottle of Ice Age glacial water from the Czech mountains contains dazzling specks of 24‑carat gold.

From Barron's

The study, titled 'Detrital zircon-apatite fingerprinting challenges glacial transport of Stonehenge's megaliths', was published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment.

From Science Daily

Disasters like rockfalls, landslides, glacial lakes bursting out and devastating debris flows are already becoming more common.

From BBC

"These are extreme disturbances within the system, and it has not yet been investigated whether the glacial system can absorb this amount of water and is able to influence the drainage itself."

From Science Daily