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[melt] / mɛlt /




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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

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

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

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

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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