icy
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Many of the missing are foreign tourists caught in the disaster, which according to the US Geological Survey was caused by a glacial collapse that resulted in an overwhelming flow of icy debris.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Known as contrails, these icy clouds contribute to climate change, and scientists have been trying to work out how to stop them.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The designer Maruti Evans illustrates the contrast effectively, the icy marble and barren trees of Sicilia transformed into a riot of colorful flora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Tell me who’s to blame — is it the people or myself?” she wonders against the icy synth stabs of the title track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Turning the cold water on full force, I soak my hand towel and use it to douse my face and the back of my neck in icy cold.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
What killed in Austin drew a decidedly icier reception in Boston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Newsom was icier when asked by a reporter about the interaction — or lack thereof — on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
But as harp seals move north to colder, icier habitats, such as off Baffin Island, they may face a new threat: polar bears.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
In more frigid and icier environments, they depended more on animals and fish.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The broad-leafed trees become smaller, there are more pines, the air cools, the sky turns an icier blue: we’re heading away from spring.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
"That day will come as surely as spring comes after even the iciest of winters," he insisted from the dock, addressing anyone who might hear, against all the odds.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023
Across the world’s iciest regions, communities live with the looming threat of inland tsunamis — massive walls of water moving quickly and forcefully from melting glaciers, known as glacial lake outburst floods.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
The new study indicates that one of the world’s coldest and iciest regions has already hit that threshold.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 20, 2023
Its location, nearly 10,000 feet down in waters that are among the iciest on Earth, placed it among the most celebrated shipwrecks that had not been found.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
I shot Mom the iciest look I could give.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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