melt
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The simulations showed that additional oxygen could dissolve into molten material until the system reached equilibrium, a state in which oxygen entering and leaving the melt is balanced.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 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
Sea levels are rising at a record pace, driven by warming oceans and glacier melt, according to an August UN report.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Jackson said it was a “scary situation” as the window started to melt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Her smile was so tender, and the feeling in her voice was so warm and genuine, that Penelope felt all her newfound professionalism melt into a puddle.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Based on these findings, the researchers propose that oxygen should be recognized as an independent component of silicate melts, rather than being considered only in relation to other elements.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Ice cream melts down his daughter’s hand as he tells me about his family’s recent return to the country.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Neither one will put a cubic foot of gas in a New England furnace before the snow melts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
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
And my heart totally melts all over the sidewalk.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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The officer, who received minor injuries, said the leg and shin protections on his riot uniform melted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
By 1900 B.C., natural disasters made the large Indus Valley settlements less hospitable, and the culture slowly melted away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
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
“I’m not a big fan of eating too much on game day so when I saw that melted cheese and a whole lot of carbs, I was ready to chow down,” he said this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The table Jack had woken up on was made of chocolate bars; the end nearest the oven had even melted a bit.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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They also introduce a possible new factor in volcanic degassing, the process through which gases and other volatile substances escape from molten rock and interact with a planet's atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Scientists have discovered that molten rock deep inside Earth can store far more oxygen than previously believed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Silicates are minerals and molten materials composed primarily of silicon and oxygen, along with other elements.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
For one, they may change how scientists understand ancient magma oceans, vast regions of molten rock believed to have existed during the early evolution of Earth and other rocky planets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
He discovered so many elements not so much because he was serially astute as because he developed an ingenious technique of applying electricity to a molten substance–electrolysis, as it is known.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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According to the researchers, melting alone can ultimately remove as much as 40 percent of the original rock's mass.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
This has sped up the melting of glaciers, icefields, snowpacks, and ground that's normally frozen all year.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The rapid melting is also filling up and expanding glacial lakes until they burst, causing deadly floods.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
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
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
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