melting

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Although there are no direct references, such Surrealist and Expressionist tropes as Salvador Dalí’s melting watches and Edvard Munch’s screaming bridge-walker seem to lurk in Ms. Butterly’s aesthetic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

First, colder ocean temperatures during ice ages reduced melting beneath portions of the Antarctic ice sheet that extend below sea level.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

With U.S. tech stocks melting higher, the bulls are clearly “winning.”

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Meanwhile, the Western U.S. as a whole experienced record-breaking heat in January through March, rapidly melting the mountain snowpack, he added.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Looking up and down the coast, all the land along the water seemed to be melting away.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis