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[freez] / friz /




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During the Schertz City Council meeting on Sept. 15, council members accepted the city’s latest $309,000 vehicle authority grant, with roughly $100,000 intended to be used for 41 Flock cameras before the funding freeze.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The freeze is scheduled to go into effect on Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

For decades, Arctic sea ice generally began melting earlier in the spring and did not freeze again until later in the fall.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

“The national credit bureaus will activate and deactivate a credit freeze for free upon request. You must contact each bureau separately to freeze your respective credit report.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Do you want to all try to break that freeze tag record first?”

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

Tomlinson has a bit from her first Netflix special “Quarter-Life Crisis” about your 20s being a period to “fish trash out of the lake before it freezes over.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Credit freezes limit authorized access to your credit reports, so they can complicate approval of an application, Experian adds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Polymarket’s chief competitor, Kalshi, doesn’t, though that company inspects funds withdrawn to different payment mechanisms and freezes suspicious payments, a person familiar with that company’s protocols said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

A woman who freezes her eggs at 30 and uses them at 40 still experiences pregnancy at 40, with the higher risks of preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, and cesarean delivery that accompany advanced maternal age.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

His mouth falls open a little, and when she sees him, she freezes.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone

The Raptors temporarily froze the Leonard trade after the NBA announced Toronto would inherit any penalties assessed to Leonard following its investigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

It also froze his account and kept more than $90,000 of his profits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

I may or may not have rolled my eyes, expecting to see a spider—something my North London upbringing taught me to care little about—when I froze.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 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 monster froze my bones to their very core, and they’ve never properly healed! Usually it’s worse when I’m around the truly stupid.”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Gerjon Premtaj was transporting frozen vegetables from Mexico to Pennsylvania, and sees firsthand why diesel prices show up in grocery costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Over the past decade, food producers and retailers have tried to expand the quality and selection of the frozen aisle.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

But scientists say long-term glacier thinning and the thawing of frozen ground likely raised the risks.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Forward guidance stating that rates were frozen until date X was used several times, but the dates changed in later rate announcements as circumstances warranted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was as if a great, overarching wave had been frozen by one touch of the World Spirit’s finger.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

He said heavy rain could overwhelm drainage systems and penetrate walls, causing damp and erosion, while repeated cycles of wetting, drying, freezing and thawing could harm stonework.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In a statement late Tuesday, prosecutors said they had sent "a letter concerning the freezing of all assets" of Kaya and her husband, Ilyas Kaya, to "all the relevant institutions".

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Whether walking in freezing rain without an umbrella or wearing Mickey Mouse ears around campus, Zamorano always knows what he’s doing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Universities across the country are slashing admissions to doctoral programs and freezing faculty hiring as they come under financial strain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Jack quickly woke May, and she seemed to be fine, if freezing.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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