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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

“You get that invisible cold icicle that goes through your brain without penetrating your skin.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2022

And before C.C. had time to answer, Duane broke the icicle in two and held out one half for her.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

Check out the three-foot icicles dripping from the eaves and keep an eye out for the big boulder by the fire station on the right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

Look out for more icicles like this over the next few days as there will be lots of wintry sunshine and the temperatures will remain close to freezing.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025

In the distance, at the back of the stage, a wall glows with wisps and slivers of light in formations evoking icicles or feathery cobwebs.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023

Huge icicles fringed the entrance and the roof.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda




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