molten

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Natural gas is used by glass manufacturers to run their furnaces, which melt sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass into molten glass blobs which are then shaped into bottles.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

This flipping is thought to be driven by the "dynamo action" of molten iron circulating in Earth's core, which generates electrical currents and magnetic fields.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, as they are known, shoot lasers into molten tin to create EUV light, which doesn’t exist naturally on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The cold crunch of something raw against something molten is what makes the plate feel complete.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

The sun was rising over the trees behind the brook, rising in waves of molten pink.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt