glacier

Example Sentences

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Between blocks of talks, attendees partake in activities from the glacier show-and-tell to an iNaturalist BioBlitz in Stanley Park to a field trip to the local Renaissance faire.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

A huge, unstable chunk of glacier is blocking the route up Mount Everest from Base Camp in Nepal just as peak climbing season gets under way in the Himalayas.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

"The most false part of it all is the claim that there are glaciers that do not contribute to rivers. If it's a glacier, it has ice and contributes water. It's very basic," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Michael Meding, head of the Argentine chamber of mining exploration companies, called the change to the glacier law an important step forward that allows for development while protecting the environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

No; it was St. John Rivers, who, lifting the latch, came in out of the frozen hurricane—the howling darkness—and stood before me: the cloak that covered his tall figure all white as a glacier.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë