melt

Example Sentences

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As warmer temperatures melt polar ice, a parallel danger lurks in high mountain areas where melting glaciers have created thousands of new lakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Natural gas is used by glass manufacturers to run their furnaces, which melt sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass into molten glass blobs which are then shaped into bottles.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The melt also has geopolitical consequences, as it opens new shipping routes and access to mineral resources.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Ajami pointed out that extreme heat is not only causing snow to melt faster but is also causing sublimation, in which snow is transformed directly to water vapor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

The men scanned the water ahead desperately for floating ice to melt and drink, but found none.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong