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melt

[melt] / mɛlt /




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While blast furnaces use coal-based fuel and are a major source of industrial CO2 emissions, electric arc furnaces melt recycled steel, resulting in lower carbon emissions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The Himalayas are approaching a dangerous threshold as glaciers melt faster, glacial lakes grow more unstable and the mountains face a widening gap in monitoring, according to new research.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

"Because the collision was considered violent enough to melt and vaporize large portions of Earth and Theia, those previous papers assumed that it is okay to approximate them as fluids," Asphaug said.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

While the exact cause of the glacial collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Everything around him paled in comparison to his shining robes, and his golden stare threatened to melt Anansi into a puddle.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The onion — and yes, I use a whole medium white onion, because we are committing to the bit — melts into the background, helped along by both onion and garlic powder.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

"Local ice is more economical, but Kuramoto Ice is clearer, denser and melts more slowly," co-owner Yong Wei told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Now, as climate change warms the sea and melts that ice, they have adapted.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The results indicate that the mantle beneath the Kermadec island arc melts in the presence of water and at relatively high temperatures, above the sulfide liquidus.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Then everything melts into the darkness as Turkey vanishes from sight.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

The boat is named Rarebit, which is also the name of a traditional Welsh meal consisting of seasoned melted cheese sauce served over hot toast.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

In that moment, the city, the noise, the rush, my daily fears and anxieties all melted away.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

During the fire’s rapid spread, the water system quickly lost pressure as crews drew heavily on hydrants, residents ran sprinklers and hoses, and water gushed out of melted pipes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

The place settings, trays, tea set and other items in my collection aren’t just relics from a different generation, but works of art that, once melted down, can never be reclaimed or replicated.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The fake smile melted off my face as Mr. Haber stood up and moved around the desk with the cash.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

Earth's molten outer core lies about 2200 km below the surface.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 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

The molten lead in the melting pot was nearly exhausted.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The same mechanism involving melting and the upward movement of liquid may also help explain activity elsewhere in the solar system.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

"Glaciers are melting faster than they were a decade ago."

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

The clearest sign that Bending Spoons’ holdings are melting is a metric in its IPO prospectus called net revenue retention.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

The big, green lady in the harbor and the melting pot and all that.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

“Exactly. Loopy old Lemoncello said paperback books were meant to be taken to the beach, where they’d have suntan lotion, melting ice cream cones, and sand dribbled all over their pages.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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