big freeze

Example Sentences

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Despite the big freeze in January, which prompted a record weekly drawdown of domestic gas stockpiles, inventories ended February within 3% of the five-year average.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

But the critical period leading up to Snowball Earth was thought to be missing because the rock layers were eroded by the big freeze.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024

Evidence for the big freeze is found in sediments in the seabed off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2023

I couldn’t look at it during the big freeze.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2023

She gave me the big freeze when I said hello that day, though.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger