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glacier

[gley-sher] / ˈgleɪ ʃər /
NOUN
mountain of ice, snow
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The change to the glacier law sparked protests by environmentalists, who clashed with police outside Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In 1962, the program spotted a small wedge of lake forming on the eastern side of the Lhonak glacier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Austria's largest glacier, the Pasterze in Carinthia, also continues to shrink.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Gerhard Lieb, who runs the glacier monitoring service with Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, said the weather conditions in recent years had been "extremely unfavourable for glaciers".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

We have crossed the glacier, the dark land of grief.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti