refrigerate
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Businesses have shuttered, hospitals have had to turn to generators that have occasionally faltered, and residents have been scrambling to charge phones and refrigerate food.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
As Flores held court in the driveway, he rolled up a pant leg to show a sore from his diabetes and said that on the streets he’d have nowhere to refrigerate his insulin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
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
A profound reverence for a person at the same time inflames the soul and refrigerates the senses.
From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger
The first deliveries landed: Seafood was up 7%, fresh fruit was up 4.9% — everything that rides a refrigerated truck was up, because the cold chain burns the most diesel per mile.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
I’m standing in the produce aisle of my neighborhood supermarket, between the fresh vegetables receiving their bi-hourly overhead mist and a long refrigerated wall of salad kits.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
In the fourth quarter, sales in the grocery and snacks category rose 0.3%, while refrigerated and frozen food revenue increased 5.3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
As firefighters continue to battle a stubborn and complex fire at a massive refrigerated warehouse in Boyle Heights, residents and businesses owners have expressed frustration and health concerns as neighorhoods have been engulfed by smoke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Then he and his wife, whose name is Margaret Ann, wrap them in a refrigerated shipping bucket, which will keep the flowers hydrated.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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Higher fuel prices have increased the cost of transporting and refrigerating perishable foods.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
There’s something that just feels right about refrigerating eggs.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2025
Briefly refrigerating the chocolate-coated cereal helps set the chocolate and means you’ll end up with more-distinct pieces with a thinner, more even dusting of confectioners’ sugar.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2022
Also, there is now a reference to refrigerating the sauce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
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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