ice out

Example Sentences

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But the state’s ballooning cost of living is starting to ice out the middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Critics have accused Live Nation of using its market dominance to charge high fees and of threatening to ice out venues from Live Nation events if they don’t use Ticketmaster.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

“Consequently, with the amount of traffic that we had on the interstate, the trucks and the cars couldn’t make it up and down the hills because we had too much snow and ice out there.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2022

According to the researchers, unusually strong winds moved much of the sea ice out of the area - but this was enhanced by a thinning trend, related to warming, that's been going on for years.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2021

One of my neighbors, Mr. Durfey, is cutting ice out of Wolf Creek eighteen inches thick.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson