big freeze

Example Sentences

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Despite the big freeze in January, which prompted a record weekly drawdown of domestic gas stockpiles, inventories ended February within 3% of the five-year average.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

I couldn’t look at it during the big freeze.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2023

Half the deaths from the big freeze across the US and Canada are recorded in western New York State.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

And the Daily Express warns that the UK's "big freeze" will get worse.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2018

She gave me the big freeze when I said hello that day, though.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger