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melt

[melt] / mɛlt /




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But a steel structure doesn’t need to melt to fail; it just needs to be sufficiently weakened.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

You could absolutely use feta, goat cheese, mozzarella or cream cheese depending on what’s in your fridge, but there’s something uniquely satisfying about the melt of American cheese here.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

As polar regions continue warming and glaciers melt, the same basic pressures that shaped ancient human migration could once again influence where people are able to live.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

"We will wait for the ice to melt at the place where there is an obstruction and work there when everything is safe."

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

I stared ahead at all of the people walking around Davis and licked my ice cream before it could melt all over me.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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