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
The team then compared the geological records with numerical climate model simulations covering the late Pliocene glacial event and the warmer period that followed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
I’ve long been a proponent of early detection and preventive care but have been disappointed by the glacial pace of change in medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
But that is banking on the court moving at its usual glacial pace.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Wilkins and Franklin worked cordially at first, meeting for occasional coffee at the Strand Palace Hotel, but the relationship soon froze into frank, glacial hostility.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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