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[melt] / mɛlt /




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The U.S. has been adding aluminum recycling plants, which melt old cans and scrap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

These rocks form through interactions between the crust and mantle when portions of the accumulated mantle material partially melt.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

You don’t need a 400-page novel or a 90-minute movie to melt a city’s heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The sea level is rising at a record pace, driven by warming oceans and glacier melt, according to a UN report.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

I explain how they melt into a layer of gooey goodness, and Zohra seems a little more interested.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

Amungme environmental activist Adolfina Kum stresses how important the peak is to her people - and how traditions and cultural foundations risk being shattered as the ice melts.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

A substantial share of the Colorado River's annual flow begins as snow that accumulates at high elevations during winter and melts during spring and early summer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Truly melts in your mouth,” Shawn Molko, a Toronto-based singer and content creator, said in a butter-tasting video that helped fuel the trend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The onion — and yes, I use a whole medium white onion, because we are committing to the bit — melts into the background, helped along by both onion and garlic powder.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

When solid sulfur is heated a little past the normal boiling point of water, to about 115°C, it melts and changes color.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The subtext of their question is the worry that, just as Icarus soared so high that the sun melted his wings of wax, a market that rises too far is prone to crashing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Other Iraqis wonder whether the U.S. withdrawal will trigger a repeat of 2014, when Iraqi forces melted away in disarray.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

AI left academia’s brightest mathematicians slack-jawed when it found solutions to problems that once melted their brains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

"And at that impact region, there must be very high temperature that melted and compressed the stone beneath it," he says.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

“And I asked for his sword. Neither of them wanted it. I melted it down and made ye yer own sword, Anya. And Ivan...”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

It suggests that the magma now stored beneath the volcano was supplied by new injections of molten rock from deeper within Earth's crust or mantle, rather than remaining unchanged since the previous eruption.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Scientists believe these rocks formed early in lunar history, when much of the young Moon was covered by an enormous ocean of molten rock.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Half the table orders Diet Coke, the other water with lemon; someone requests a skillet of molten white queso.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

They proposed that several factors could help stabilize the structure, including small amounts of carbon and other elements, the rapid cooling of molten material created during an impact, and protection from the surrounding glassy matrix.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

On the right was a conveyer belt that looked like it was made from molten gold.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

It’s a lot of talk about who is “all man” from a guy whose hands have been melting for the better part of a year.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

As a result, the Arctic is increasingly covered by thinner first-year ice, which forms during the cold months but is more susceptible to melting when summer returns.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

It’s created this amazing melting pot that really sets us apart from every other state, and it’s truly woven into the depths of Texas culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

A South Korean container ship returned on Sunday from a trial voyage through the Arctic, testing an alternative route opened by melting sea ice as conflict in the Middle East disrupts global shipping.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

His fur was so thick that the snow lay on top of it without even melting.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver


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