icicle
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The next morning, with a quick flip upside down, Epperson had a sweet icicle with a built-in handle, which he dubbed the Epsicle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
It's being coined the "icicle kick" - the stunning bicycle kick that lit up the Canadian Premier League final.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
There were icicle lights outside their rural Georgia home, garland on the banister and stockings hanging above the fireplace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
It’s usually still an icicle after a two-hour flight.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
In a strained voice, he said, “Did you know that if you fling snot in Siberia, it’s a green icicle before it hits the ground?”
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
A sign of the cold: "Some interesting icicles," says Craig Lambie near Boat of Garten.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024
Climbers began to haul themselves up frozen waterfalls and dangling icicles, carving out a discipline separate from mountaineering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
In the distance, at the back of the stage, a wall glows with wisps and slivers of light in formations evoking icicles or feathery cobwebs.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
“You’d have to pick your nose all the time just so that your boogers wouldn’t freeze into icicles and stab the inside of your nose.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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