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glaciers

NOUN
mountain of ice, snow
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Magnason’s family is inextricably linked with the environment — they’ve lived in Iceland for centuries and his grandparents were among the first to explore and research the glaciers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The Icelandic sense, he tells us, was that people may pass, but the glaciers were eternal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

In Scotland, glaciers advanced again in parts of the uplands.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

"These landscapes are changing fast, and arctic and alpine glaciers might be some of the first habitats lost completely to climate change," she said.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

And even if wars didn’t keep coming like glaciers, there would still be plain old death.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut



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