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[thaw] / θɔ /


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IPO volume surged in 2021 before going into a several-year freeze that began to thaw in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

At the same time, increasing permafrost thaw is further weakening Arctic coastlines, making them more susceptible to erosion and storm damage.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

At the same time, warming is destabilising permafrost - permanently frozen ground that can thaw as temperatures rise - and high mountain slopes, increasing the possibility of cascading hazards, the report says.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

But Xi's visit is also being closely watched as his first to neighbouring India since 2019, and the biggest step yet in a cautious thaw between the nuclear-armed rivals.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The next day it gets warm again; the sodas thaw and run into the cloth booties and refreeze in the cloth.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

The ground contains a layer known as the "active layer," which freezes and thaws each year.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026

Climate change is intensifying competition, with previously inaccessible minerals increasingly available for exploitation as the ice thaws and new shipping routes open.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Silas thaws on learning of David’s newfound success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

As with the world that freezes in winter then thaws back to life, resurrection often involves the cold.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025

There had been short thaws when the wind blew warm and the snow softened and the air felt like spring, but always the clear hard cold had come again and the winter had returned.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

Perry’s Steakhouse Dinner Size Pork Chops are fully cooked and only need to be thawed and warmed through; add a big, fresh salad and baked potatoes, and dinner is served.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

There are also the 85 million pounds of food that thawed, burned and spoiled inside, creating a terrible smell emanating from the property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

The broth is frozen for four days and thawed on the fifth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The spat led to a legal showdown with the Pentagon -- although the tensions have since thawed somewhat.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

And his new overcoat was thawed out and limp now.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

But scientists say long-term glacier thinning and the thawing of frozen ground likely raised the risks.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The major destruction of hydropower infrastructure underscored the risks of that strategy in a region where glaciers are retreating, permafrost is thawing and extreme hazards are becoming harder to predict.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

When she declared the butter at JFK, the customs agent glanced at her thawing bars and joked about keeping one—then waved her through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The fire’s aftermath was just as bad, with cleanup crews having to contend with removing 89 million pounds of thawing, rotting meat, debris and other material.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

“She’s thawing out. Well, I’m off to get the others.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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