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icicle

[ahy-si-kuhl] / ˈaɪ sɪ kəl /


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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

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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