glacial
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Its glacial flatness doesn’t lend itself to crusades, or to impressive scenes like a man on horseback silhouetted against the sunset.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Conservation expert and co-author Marco Samadelli emphasizes: "The conditions under which glacial mummies are preserved are not yet fully understood. This study expands our knowledge in this area."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the spring, the icefall doctors had finally managed to open the Khumbu Icefall section, after a massive overhanging glacial chunk, called a serac, blocked the path for much of the early climbing season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Le Pen and her legal team are possibly banking on the normally glacial pace the Court of Cassation operates at.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The map showed just three tarns in those mountains, remnant glacial ponds, all off the trail, but otherwise no indication of water at all.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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