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arctic

[ahrk-tik, ahr-tik] / ˈɑrk tɪk, ˈɑr tɪk /


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It showed penguins, fur seals and polar bears attempting to adapt to their ever-changing surroundings, against the backdrop of glaciers and arctic volcanoes.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

In the area with cold plunging and a sauna, the walls undulate with patterns that change color, designed to evoke arctic caves and volcanic rock.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Meteorologists warn that the mix of ice, heavy snow, and arctic air is unusually widespread.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

He is exiled north to the tiny Inuit-majority arctic community of Cape Dorset, where he hopes to rehabilitate himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

After everything she had done to atone for her crime, after she had turned her marriage into an arctic wasteland and allowed a surgeon to tie her fallopian tubes, consanguinity wasn’t finished with her.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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