frozen over
Example Sentences
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Hell has apparently frozen over, because “Cats” has somehow become fashionable on Broadway.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Congress was out and the streets of D.C. were still frozen over with the “snowcrete” left from the recent snowstorm.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026
Snow, sleet and occasional icy rains have frozen over to cover much of Berlin in thin slabs of ice, which hospitals report have led to a spike in falls and injuries.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
These are a difficult-to-build Finnish nautical speciality the country uses to break through to ports frozen over in harsh Scandinavian winters, and which Trump has long had his eyes on.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025
In April they'd been frozen over and hadn’t presented an obstacle.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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