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
The big freeze, which covered nearly all the globe in two phases for 80 million years, is known as "Snowball Earth", after which the first animal life emerged.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024
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
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
