freeze up

Example Sentences

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A single freeze-up can knock out an entire weapons platform or immobilize a convoy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

This is partly as a result of a late freeze-up of ice around Hudson Bay, with unusually warm ocean waters taking a long time to cool down.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

Were it not for one very, very bad freeze-up on camera, in fact, he might still be on the campaign trail telling us that today.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2024

After the freeze-up in July, CNN reported McConnell fell two other times this year.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023

Mama was worried that Deydey would not manage to make the crossing before the freeze-up.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich