glacial

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Between 1990 and 2018, the volume of the world’s glacial lakes expanded by nearly 50%, according to the first global survey of these lakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The film is so committed to its rigors — the two-person cast, the glacial camera pivots, the moody lighting — that it teeters on the line of becoming monotonous.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

However, French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged the glacial pace of peace negotiations, saying he was "very sceptical" about the possibility of achieving "peace in the short term" in Ukraine.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

But "the largest AI companies deploy capabilities at a pace that makes 18-month legislative cycles look glacial," Patience said.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

The water, opaque with glacial sediment and only a few degrees warmer than the ice it had so recently been, was the color of wet concrete.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer