Thesaurus / freeze
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Most or all spots except right near the water should see a freeze.
PM UPDATE: CLEAR AND COLD TONIGHT, THEN IT’S A BIT WARMER THURSDAYIAN LIVINGSTONDECEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe system was among the first in the country to announce service cuts and a hiring freeze in hopes of conserving cash.
TRANSIT SYSTEM SERVICE CUTS PROPOSED IN CONGRESS’S BACKYARD ELICIT CALLS FOR MORE FUNDINGJUSTIN GEORGE, LORI ARATANI, MEAGAN FLYNNDECEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON POSTPatchy frost and freeze spots are possible — bring in those outdoor plants if you’ve potted them!
D.C.-AREA FORECAST: RAINDROPS END THIS MORNING, THEN IT GRADUALLY CLEARS WITH BREEZY CONDITIONSA. CAMDEN WALKEROCTOBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe visa freeze is due to expire at the end of the year, and people such as Bowman have vowed to keep their doors open once a new season starts, probably next year.
CAN SMALL-TOWN AMERICA SURVIVE PANDEMIC’S HIT TO MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL?CHARU KASTURISEPTEMBER 14, 2020OZYBBC Global News, the commercial, international arm of the BBC, has, like other publishers, weathered sudden double-digit percentage drops in digital ad revenue over the last six months from coronavirus-induced spending freezes.
‘WE’RE GETTING MORE USED TO THE UNCERTAINTY’: BBC GLOBAL NEWS CHIEF ON AD-FUNDED NEWSLUCINDA SOUTHERNSEPTEMBER 10, 2020DIGIDAYFor instance, we froze public-sector pay, but we omitted from that freeze the very lowest-paid.
THE PRIME MINISTER WHO CRIED BREXIT (EP. 392)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 10, 2019FREAKONOMICSI have paid to have a fire kept up in the furnace for a week so that the pipes would not freeze.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONCold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYWhen the soil pipe from a water-closet is exposed in cold weather it may freeze up or be clogged by urinary deposits.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYThe newcomer would import an element of caste and class which would freeze mother and daughter to the bones.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERWORDS RELATED TO FREEZE
- abeyance
- break
- breakoff
- breathing space
- breathing spell
- caesura
- cessation
- coffee break
- comma
- cutoff
- deadlock
- discontinuance
- downtime
- freeze
- gap
- gridlock
- halt
- happy hour
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- hiatus
- hitch
- hush
- interim
- interlude
- intermission
- interregnum
- interruption
- interval
- lacuna
- lapse
- layoff
- letup
- lull
- pausation
- postponement
- recess
- respite
- rest
- rest period
- stand
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stopover
- stoppage
- suspension
- time out
- ban
- block
- bottle up
- box in
- bring to screeching halt
- constrain
- cool
- cork
- debar
- disallow
- enjoin
- forbid
- forfend
- freeze
- gridlock
- halt
- hamper
- hang up
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interdict
- jam up
- keep lid on
- kill
- lock up
- nix
- obstruct
- outlaw
- pass on
- preclude
- prevent
- proscribe
- put a lock on
- put a stopper in
- put chill on
- put down
- put half nelson on
- restrain
- restrict
- rule out
- shut out
- spike
- stymie
- taboo
- throw cold water on
- tie up
- veto
- zing
- abide
- be left
- bide
- bivouac
- bunk
- cling
- continue
- delay
- dwell
- endure
- freeze
- go on
- halt
- hang
- hang out
- hold over
- hold the fort
- hover
- inhabit
- keep on
- last
- linger
- live
- lodge
- make camp
- nest
- outlast
- outlive
- pause
- perch
- persist
- prevail
- put on hold
- remain standing
- reside
- rest
- roost
- sit out
- sit through
- sit tight
- sojourn
- squat
- stand
- stay behind
- stay in
- stay over
- stay put
- stick around
- stop
- survive
- tarry
- visit
- wait
- abided
- be left
- bivouacked
- boded
- bunked
- clung
- continued
- delayed
- dwelt
- endured
- froze
- halted
- held over
- held the fort
- hovered
- hung
- hung out
- inhabited
- kept on
- lasted
- lingered
- lived
- lodged
- made camp
- nested
- outlasted
- outlived
- paused
- perched
- persisted
- prevailed
- put on hold
- remain stood
- resided
- rested
- roosted
- sat out
- sat through
- sat tight
- sojourned
- squatted
- stayed behind
- stayed in
- stayed over
- stayed put
- stood
- stopped
- stuck around
- survived
- tarried
- visited
- waited
- went on
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