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icicle

[ahy-si-kuhl] / ˈaɪ sɪ kəl /


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The next morning, with a quick flip upside down, Epperson had a sweet icicle with a built-in handle, which he dubbed the Epsicle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

It's being coined the "icicle kick" - the stunning bicycle kick that lit up the Canadian Premier League final.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

The movie can’t convey her interiority or her eccentricity to the degree that the novel’s first-person chronicle did; here, the recurring significance of a falling icicle, while suggestive, never entirely registers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

It’s usually still an icicle after a two-hour flight.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

In a strained voice, he said, “Did you know that if you fling snot in Siberia, it’s a green icicle before it hits the ground?”

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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