froze

Example Sentences

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"Then Covid happened. I was lucky - they froze the rent for a year because of everything key workers were doing," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

After a rush on supermarkets in the first days of the war, Kuwaiti authorities froze the prices of certain basic products and subsidised meat imports.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

When America froze Japanese assets in July 1941, it was effectively an oil embargo, and the dominoes began falling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

State Farm, California’s largest home insurer, froze new business in 2023, announced 72,000 mass non-renewals, and sought a series of rate hikes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

Duane froze, uncertain whether the man was addressing him because he was still staring out at the water.

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