icicle
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In the lounge, where Pike and his roommate host dinner parties, icicle lights hang from the ceiling and cases of Coca-Cola are stored in a corner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Drops will continue to run down the icicle, freezing at the end, to give the icicle its distinctive shape.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
There were icicle lights outside their rural Georgia home, garland on the banister and stockings hanging above the fireplace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Ice is rigid and brittle — it would be astonishing to bend an icicle around a softball and have it spring back to its original straight shape.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
“I don’t think we’ll be having fish for dinner tonight,” Mom said, flicking a small icicle from her eyelash.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
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His courtside seat at basketball team Toronto Raptors' stadium was recently decorated with icicles and, last month, a giant pile of ice blocks appeared in the city with the album's release date encased inside.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
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
Climbers began to haul themselves up frozen waterfalls and dangling icicles, carving out a discipline separate from mountaineering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Blades of grass hardened into icicles as snow fell and temperatures dropped in Houston, Texas.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Foot-long icicles hung from their eaves and the snow lay in drifts against the north side of their house: they should have gone on being summer people.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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