refrigerate
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There have also been reports of people unable to refrigerate medication and a wheelchair user crawling down their stairs in the absence of working lifts.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“LNG plants are very electricity-intensive because of the need to refrigerate and freeze the gas,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Allow cake to come to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate overnight.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
Finally, Van Rein said, refrigerate leftovers immediately or discard them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
Think of the electricity bill to refrigerate a 200,000-square-foot plant.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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He mentioned a machine that refrigerates and pumps ayran, a salty yogurt drink popular across Asia and Eastern Europe, which the group installed at an exhibition in Hanover, Germany.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
She refrigerates half-consumed bottles, determined never to waste a drop.
From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022
To quell this thermodynamic threat, data centers overwhelmingly rely on air conditioning, a mechanical process that refrigerates the gaseous medium of air, so that it can displace or lift perilous heat away from computers.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2022
Pilapaña manages to concentrate guinea pig flavor after cooking and preparing a pate from the animal’s flesh, adds milk or cream and refrigerates the concoction until it has the rough consistency of ice cream.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2019
Pluralistic moralism simply makes their teeth chatter, it refrigerates the very heart within their breast.
From Pragmatism by William James
Frozen and refrigerated goods, such as fresh produce, are most sensitive to price increases because diesel is typically used to power both cold storage and transportation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
That strength ends up spilling over, to some degree, to other truck modalities, such as refrigerated trucks and dry-van trucking, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The HTA found lack of freezer space at both Nottingham hospitals meant some bodies had been put in a refrigerated area instead.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
I’m talking about cottage cheese, the curd-filled dairy product that sits alongside yogurt, butter and milk in the refrigerated section of your local grocery store.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
To survive for long on Venus, a space vehicle would have to be refrigerated as well as built like a deep submersible.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Higher fuel prices have increased the cost of transporting and refrigerating perishable foods.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
And what you’re doing when you’re refrigerating warehouses is you’re simply moving heat from inside to outside.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2024
And while it's almost always a safe bet to err on the side of refrigerating any food or condiment you're unsure about, there are exceptions.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2023
It’s easy to see ketchup sitting out at a restaurant and wonder whether you’ve been wrong to have been refrigerating it all these years.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023
The refrigerating engineer was worried, too, when he found that Mr. Popper had practically no money.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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