froze

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Denmark froze international adoptions in 2024 after a number of serious problems with international adoption practices came to light.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

"I just completely froze with fear and I never, ever thought anything could scare me that much," she recalled.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The blowback froze Warsh’s path through the Senate until April 24, when the U.S. attorney’s office announced the probe would be halted, just in time for the Senate to confirm Warsh on schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

As water froze, growing ice crystals would push dissolved molecules into the remaining liquid, concentrating them in small spaces.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

The village court, disturbed in the middle of trying a man accused of short-weighting a pound of fish, froze in shock.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook