melt
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But a steel structure doesn’t need to melt to fail; it just needs to be sufficiently weakened.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
You could absolutely use feta, goat cheese, mozzarella or cream cheese depending on what’s in your fridge, but there’s something uniquely satisfying about the melt of American cheese here.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
As polar regions continue warming and glaciers melt, the same basic pressures that shaped ancient human migration could once again influence where people are able to live.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
They say the only option is to wait for the ice block, called a serac, to melt – which they hope will happen within days.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Without the water to cool it, the reactor would quickly grow so hot that it would melt.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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