thaw
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Firefighters were eventually forced to melt it down after fans attempted to thaw the sculpture with blowtorches and chip away at it with sledgehammers.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
A remarkable dividend of the new approaches to crime and welfare, one with only anecdotal rather than social-science evidence, was a dramatic thaw in race relations, as fear and resentment abated.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Some 1.2 million Venezuelans live in the United States, and the thaw is expected to increase the US business presence in the South American nation, which has the world's largest proven gas reserves.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
The meeting, which the White House described as “both productive and constructive,” could help thaw relations between the Trump administration and Anthropic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
He knew how it came, like the frost that bleeds out of the winter ground, hardening the clear water that an early thaw leaves in wagon ruts.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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