melt
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"Worries or stresses kind of melt away as you're focused," he said, comparing it to the mindfulness people can get from yoga, sport or watching a film.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
She knew they would melt and change form, and she wanted to see how.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Wearing a black T-shirt and skinny black jeans was meant to help Gough melt into the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I also like to stuff my dates with cold chunks of butter, as they amplify the creaminess of the dates and deliciously melt in your mouth with each bite.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Once candies begin to melt and spread, remove from the oven.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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People will say, “Oh, my dog hates all dogs” and then my dog pulls me over and the dog that hates all dogs just melts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Sternly staring at inflation until it melts before our withering gaze is not an option,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yet exactly how this material melts has remained uncertain.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
"If the toffee's really hot and the ice cream melts on top, it's really good."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
In the sunlight, snow melts, crystals evaporate into a steam, into nothing.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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His collection began when the last commercial letterpress printer in the city closed in 2012 and he intervened to prevent the historic equipment being melted down.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The turkey was fine, and the cheese was technically cheese, though the sandwich had achieved the improbable condition of being simultaneously refrigerator-cold and slightly melted.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rather than traveling upward from great depths, it may have been produced when localized heat melted portions of the ice shell.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
“This is iron that was in my studio that, after I fired it, melted and vitrified and became part of the piece.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Seven yelled, and the crowd turned to look just as the Witchlings’ crone disguises melted away completely and their true forms were revealed.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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The concept loosely resembles the way molten rock travels through cracks in Earth's crust before contributing to volcanic eruptions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Instead, the evidence suggests that new molten material has entered the reservoir over time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
If a furnace stops working, the molten metal will cool and solidify.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
During “Firefall” in February — an annual phenomenon when sunlight lands on the water cascading from Horsetail Fall, making it glow orange and red, like molten lava — the crowds were reportedly nightmarish.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
By then, the melting fuel rods had probably already begun to pool at the bottom of the reactor in a molten mass called corium.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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For centuries, this city has been a multiethnic melting pot where European and African, Muslim and Christian cultures converged, and coexisted mostly peacefully.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
You’ve got more important things to do, like binge-watching “Widow’s Bay,” or not melting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
"London has always been a melting pot of diversity and celebrating communities."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The thought of heading into another brutal heat wave this weekend may have you feeling like a heat-pummeled, melting face emoji unable to get off the couch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Where did you come from? Ay, María purísima, but you look dreadful. You must be absolutely parched, melting away in this heat.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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