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[freez] / friz /




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This boundary marks the region in the disk surrounding the young Sun where temperatures were low enough for water vapor to freeze into ice.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

As the big freeze approaches again, Ukraine is racing to make sufficient repairs to the battered grid in time.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

His story embodies the deep freeze that has paralyzed the current labor market in the past few years—what economists refer to as a low-hire, low-fire environment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Signers would cap international undergraduates at 15%, require the SAT or ACT and freeze tuition for five years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

It could get so cold in these dugouts that sometimes your hair would freeze to the wooden planks of your bunk while you were sleeping.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

City officials say they’ve already instituted hiring freezes, cut overtime spending and deferred capital projects, among other steps, to try to pre-emptively control costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Before the student riots kicked off, there was a one-day national strike by civil servants, firefighters and others to protest government-wage freezes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Tomlinson has a bit from her first Netflix special “Quarter-Life Crisis” about your 20s being a period to “fish trash out of the lake before it freezes over.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The sanctions include asset freezes, travel bans, and restrictions on services from U.S. companies.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

It usually freezes over in winter, and walking across it takes only a few minutes.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

The mice froze in fear, as if they remembered the shock.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The actor froze her eggs at age 37 and became pregnant with her twins a decade later, she recalled to Women’s Health in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Prosecutor Simon Jones said: "Mr Semenyo briefly froze as he couldn't believe what the male had said."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

In one large study using national data from nearly 50,000 women who froze their eggs, fewer than 3 percent returned to use them during the study period.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

Polar bears mostly ate seals, but could only catch them out on the ice that formed when the ocean froze over in the winter.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

I’ve only recently come around to purchasing frozen, pre-chopped onions without a small pang of guilt.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

But it has frozen new projects in Mannar to ease local opposition.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Manchester City loanee Marmoush misfired again and his replacement Dominic Solanke was underwhelming in previous matches, while Richarlison has been frozen out in the reserves after being left out of their Premier League squad.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

It was marked by a glut of unused fiber, a collapse in prices, frozen venture markets, massive bankruptcies, widespread job losses and a recession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In any case, Duane eventually stopped and turned to face the frozen river.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The five-term senator said the categories of products receiving exemptions include corrugated paper cartons, plastic boxes, plastic bags, refrigeration and freezing equipment, packing and wrapping machinery, and seaweed and algae products.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

During the 1960s, researchers began investigating whether freezing biological samples could protect them from radiation damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The European Union plans to use a proposed sanctions regime to target human traffickers, freezing their assets and imposing travel bans, the European Commission said regarding a new strategy against trafficking, Risk Journal reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Two Utah residents who hiked Mount Shasta in Northern California were rescued after they became stranded during a perilous 36-hour journey through freezing conditions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Inside was everything they needed to keep from freezing and starving to death: a sturdy tent, sleeping bags, flashlights, a first aid kit, a camping stove, and a pot to melt snow for water.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis


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