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During the previous mission, SpaceX said the booster’s three center engines showed signs of being clogged by ice, which prevented a successful boostback burn.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"We could be entering a self-enforcing feedback loop: the weaker the sea ice becomes, the more cyclone clusters can reduce its extent, which in turn weakens the sea ice," says Lars Aue.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Powerful winds break up the ice cover, causing individual floes to move, drift, and collide with one another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
In some areas, clustering increases the impact on sea ice by as much as 1.5 times.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The fury of the ice river broke upon them with terrifying force.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
What ices it is that Quraishi offered to postpone this hearing given Judge Brann’s ruling that the office is operating illegally.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
Together, these visitors show that the ingredients that build comets, especially volatile ices, can vary widely from one star system to another.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
As polar ices melt in the coming years, new shipping routes are expected to open up.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
"It's all thanks to JWST's exceptional sensitivity combined with high angular resolution that we're able to detect these faint spectral features associated with ices around such a distant protostar," Sewilo said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025
The ices would all be melted during entry.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
By night, he’s trying to hack the code for Starbucks’s iced chai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Think iced fruity drinks, protein shakes and so-called dirty sodas - a concoction of foam, syrups and juices.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
There’s Ice-T giving out iced tea at the Times Square location.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Use it anywhere a little concentrated summer would be welcome: shaken into cocktails or mocktails, stirred into iced matcha or sparkling water, drizzled over gelato or spooned onto yogurt.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Mr. Patterson brought the hot iced tea to his lips, his long, liver-spotted fingers gripping the glass.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
It might also mean a thick slice of homemade apple Bundt cake under a generous coat of cream cheese icing, eaten with coffee.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Any enrichment and information is icing on the cake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
But he said the icing on the cake was finding out Olivia was pregnant, due in June - and there was a surprise in store.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
They live in a silo for two, sharing their pain, icing their scars.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
My eyes went straight to the donut cart with the once-a-year heart-shaped chocolate donuts covered in puffs of strawberry icing.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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