melt
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“The metal pieces were burned because they thought they could melt them down and find gold in them,” Al-Abideen added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
This luxury product, believed by those in the industry to melt more slowly than regular blocks, is a staple of Japan's cocktail culture.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
But all such initiatives bring rules and regulations, which snowball and never melt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
A sail exposed to an extremely powerful laser could potentially overheat or even melt.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Glaucus was in despair, for he was madly in love; and he determined to go to Circe, the enchantress, and beg her for a love-potion to melt Scylla’s hard heart.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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The onion — and yes, I use a whole medium white onion, because we are committing to the bit — melts into the background, helped along by both onion and garlic powder.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
If it melts, "it especially affects the lingering aftertaste once you've taken a sip."
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
As the ice slowly melts, it releases freshwater into surrounding waters, carrying the influence of Greenland's glaciers far beyond the fjord where the iceberg first broke free.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Jess Pryles, a live-fire cook and the author of “Prime Cuts,” offered her own lyrical description: “Wagyu gives a buttery richness and so easily melts over your tongue.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
I say with a ton of enthusiasm as the awkwardness melts away.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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"And at that impact region, there must be very high temperature that melted and compressed the stone beneath it," he says.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The boat is named Rarebit, which is also the name of a traditional Welsh meal consisting of seasoned melted cheese sauce served over hot toast.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Her brother-in-law evacuated a subway stop near the Twin Towers and walked over the Brooklyn Bridge as the soles of his shoes melted from the ground heat, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In that moment, the city, the noise, the rush, my daily fears and anxieties all melted away.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The heat had melted huge sections of glacier, and the water had begun to flow downstream.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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Early in a planet's history, much of this region can remain molten.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
First, the Talapin lab built on a previous discovery showing that molten salts could be used as the liquid medium in the process, helping stabilize nanocrystals as they formed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Giant's Causeway is located in Country Antrim, and was formed by intense volcanic activity which forced molten rock up through cracks in the earth.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mr. Esparza, a four-time Tony nominee, has often exuded a molten intensity onstage, and he bristles with dark ferocity here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Humans emerge from the womb like molten glass from a furnace.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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During the past two decades, cyclones have therefore contributed to Arctic ice loss, particularly near the end of the annual melting season.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Glaciers are melting faster than they were a decade ago."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“They trade like a melting ice cube,” said Sanjay Sakhrani, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The big, green lady in the harbor and the melting pot and all that.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The flower shivered, and the pink of its petals began to run like it was melting.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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