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[melt] / mɛlt /




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One important goal during the initial shock is to melt the diamond into a smooth, uniform fluid.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

“In that moment the ice between us, it didn’t just melt, it broke.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

She was even better at playing the popular mean girl who lets her icy walls melt away to welcome in the new girl.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Unlike many recyclers, which melt electronic waste in bulk, the Royal Mint dismantles devices first.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

A lump in her heart that she had not even known was there began to melt, and the water flowed, mostly from her eyes.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

As the Arctic atmosphere warms, more sea ice melts.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

One year earlier, the band had released “Love,” a pleasantly sweet, folky, country-adjacent tune that melts easily into eardrums.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

"Enjoy The @endofoakstreet Block Party chaos with me as my outfit literally melts in the heat!!"

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

“Sternly staring at inflation until it melts before our withering gaze is not an option,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

I barely see the faint glow of the sphere as it melts into Suma’s spine.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

An appliance that melted rests on a counter in D&P Green, a pine resin distillery destroyed by the wildfire Le Porge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

According to him, America would have burst into flames and melted into the bedrock mantle if he hadn’t come to town.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

Their work produced an unusual observation: diamond became denser when it melted.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Nearly half the Arctic region’s summer ice—an area four times the size of Texas—has melted over five decades, clearing a fairly reliable path in the summer months.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

They were pumping thousands of tons of seawater a day into reactors 1, 2, and 3, where it flowed around the melted cores and pooled in a radioactive mess in the buildings’ basements.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The Giant's Causeway is located in Country Antrim, and was formed by intense volcanic activity which forced molten rock up through cracks in the earth.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Mr. Esparza, a four-time Tony nominee, has often exuded a molten intensity onstage, and he bristles with dark ferocity here.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Most cymbals are made of a copper and tin alloy that is melted into molten bronze which is poured into moulds and cooled into disc-shaped blanks.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Instead, the evidence suggests that new molten material has entered the reservoir over time.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

His movements are fluid, his muscles like molten steel.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The devastating flood in Nepal is the latest example of the dangers posed by melting ice to mountain towns and villages around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

In the Wasatch Mountains, that falling material appears to play a key role in protecting snow from melting.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Yet she argues that Kander’s work embodies not the melting pot but “culinary pluralism.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Freshwater from melting glaciers in East Greenland's spectacular fjords and its coastal shelf contribute to two major Arctic currents.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

It was that warmer temperatures all around the world were melting the permafrost in the Arctic, and tiny microbes were feasting on the newly unfrozen plant material in the ground.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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