thaw
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The ice seemed to have started to thaw between the family members in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Trader Joe’s, of course, has done its part to thaw people’s feelings toward the freezer aisle: the orange chicken, the soup dumplings, the cheese-filled fiocchetti with pink sauce.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
After Johnson read her sister’s book and saw more of her point of view, a thaw started.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
At the archaeological ruins of Nisa, an ancient fortress near the capital, Ashgabat, AFP spotted a Western tour group taking advantage of this tentative thaw.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Maybe billions. You can keep them here forever. Fifty years, a hundred years, even more —then you just thaw them out and they grow.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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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
The timing, location, and characteristics of the signals pointed to small, brittle events that happen seasonally as water freezes and thaws inside cracks in the rock.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
As with the world that freezes in winter then thaws back to life, resurrection often involves the cold.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
In the cold of winter, the wood frog’s heart freezes and stops, waiting until spring until it thaws and beats again.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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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 spat led to a legal showdown with the Pentagon -- although the tensions have since thawed somewhat.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
A yellow warning for ice covers large parts of Wales until midday on Saturday as partially thawed snow refreezes, accompanied by wintry showers and freezing fog.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
The giantess Periboia had thawed with alarming speed.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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Out the window, I noticed a spot in the alley where the thawing and freezing of ice had created a ravine, where car tires would get lodged and trap the driver.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Chung’s father founded Sinokor as a joint venture with Chinese interests in 1989, when Korean-Chinese relations were thawing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
As the announcement was underway, in the background a fire burned for a sixth day in a Boyle Heights warehouse, where 85 million pounds of frozen food was thawing and beginning to rot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
US President Donald Trump promised to visit India during a bilateral meeting at the G7 summit in France, signalling a thawing of relations between the two countries.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
In the cold of winter they developed slowly, as was their way, and only when spring at last brought thawing and release to the forest streams did the young hatch.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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