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[freez] / friz /




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Meanwhile, universities continue to struggle with their finances after a long-term freeze in domestic tuition fees and a fall in international student numbers.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Ocasio-Cortez flagged this in an Instagram story discussing why women might freeze eggs.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

I don’t know why AOC has chosen to freeze her eggs.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

“The rollout of this surcharge is a debacle,” said Randy Mastro, a lawyer for the plaintiffs who also brought the lawsuit against Mamdani’s rent freeze earlier this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

I freeze, trying to figure out what it is—when one of the office’s interior doors swings open.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Any of these outcomes are possible for AOC and any other woman who freezes her eggs.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

The decree published on Friday immediately freezes her assets, citing a legal mechanism aimed at preventing the commission of "new acts of interference", the finance ministry said.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Subscriptions to all the streaming services, from Apple TV to Netflix, will continue to remain live until the bank receives her death certificate and finally freezes her account.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

One of its most unusual traits is that it expands instead of contracts when it freezes.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

Like if she burns her hand on a pan, or if her computer freezes when she's trying to print something.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

A December day in Stalingrad in 1942: “The dark clouds shed their burden, then brightened and climbed higher into the sky. The fog froze, settling as a thick white powder on army telegraph cables.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

I may or may not have rolled my eyes, expecting to see a spider—something my North London upbringing taught me to care little about—when I froze.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

Lisabeth froze the rock and used X-rays to observe how ice formed inside the tiny spaces between individual grains.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

Berk raised a series of text messages where Hernandez suggested she had bipolar disorder, but Olmedo froze that line of questioning as well.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

But then Anat kept going down University Place, and Molly froze.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Gen Z is pushing back against influencers, delighting in Obama-era signifiers like frozen yogurt and fighting off the “tradwife” trend.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Meteor showers happen when the Earth passes through trails of debris from asteroids or comets - a snowball of frozen rock and gas orbiting the Sun.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Of the 10 percent who retrieved their frozen eggs, 34 percent became pregnant, and 29 percent had a live birth.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Now, most of the chicken processed at its plants goes into the company’s Tyson-branded frozen, precooked products sold in grocery stores, where demand is growing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Every atom of my being is frozen and still.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

But homeowners can see much bigger monthly bills during the scorching summer or freezing winter months, when they might run their heating or air-conditioning systems more aggressively.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The response on the left was largely to leave AOC alone, because her freezing her eggs is none of our business.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Since the pair formed in 2018, fans have watched them weather freezing winter storms, incubate eggs and dote on fuzzy chicks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

If bedbugs are found, it recommends washing everything at a high temperature before putting items in a plastic bag and deep freezing for at least three days.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

“Yes, ma’am,” I said, staring down at my slightly blue-tinged fingers, which were more than a little numb from the freezing temperature of the simulation room.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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