freeze
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Ocasio-Cortez flagged this in an Instagram story discussing why women might freeze eggs.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
I don’t know why AOC has chosen to freeze her eggs.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The rollout of this surcharge is a debacle,” said Randy Mastro, a lawyer for the plaintiffs who also brought the lawsuit against Mamdani’s rent freeze earlier this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The letter refers to a decision taken last November by then-Chancellor Rachel Reeves to freeze the Plan 2 repayment threshold at £29,385 between 2027 and 2030, instead of allowing it to rise with inflation.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Sometimes open leads of water in all directions were wreathed with wisps of frost smoke as the water began to freeze, and Shackleton commented that the effect resembled the smoke from a prairie fire.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Any of these outcomes are possible for AOC and any other woman who freezes her eggs.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The decree published on Friday immediately freezes her assets, citing a legal mechanism aimed at preventing the commission of "new acts of interference", the finance ministry said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Subscriptions to all the streaming services, from Apple TV to Netflix, will continue to remain live until the bank receives her death certificate and finally freezes her account.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
One of its most unusual traits is that it expands instead of contracts when it freezes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
In winter your bum freezes to the seat.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
He says a payment of £16 left his account, then another of £32 before he froze his card.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
A December day in Stalingrad in 1942: “The dark clouds shed their burden, then brightened and climbed higher into the sky. The fog froze, settling as a thick white powder on army telegraph cables.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I froze and wondered if he sensed my fight-or-flight response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Lisabeth froze the rock and used X-rays to observe how ice formed inside the tiny spaces between individual grains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
The ice buckled underneath the snowmobile, and Owen and George froze as a thin layer of water pooled at their feet.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
A prototype for a frozen burrito with the same protein load was scrapped, because the tortilla couldn’t hold that much filling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Gen Z is pushing back against influencers, delighting in Obama-era signifiers like frozen yogurt and fighting off the “tradwife” trend.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The conflict between the two occupants of the Korean peninsula has been effectively frozen since an armistice was signed in 1953.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr also demanded the end of crippling sanctions, the release of frozen assets and compensation for wartime damage.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Eliana was blinking groggily at the room while Serina stood frozen, her eyes flicking from platform to platform so fast I wondered if she was making herself dizzy.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
The deadly weather front in February of 2021 meant multiple deaths, massive power grid failures, freezing temperatures and water shortages for millions of Texans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The cyclical freezing and thawing of soil also brings old shells to the surface, Goldammer said, much as flower beds can seem to produce fresh stones every winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
This week, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced she too was beginning the process of freezing her eggs, documenting the daily mechanics of giving herself hormone shots on social media.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
But homeowners can see much bigger monthly bills during the scorching summer or freezing winter months, when they might run their heating or air-conditioning systems more aggressively.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
But everything goes eerily quiet, and it’s suddenly freezing cold.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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