icy
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The kind of groove your tires make driving to Big Bear in December without chains: an icy trench filled with frustration, exhaustion and everyday sludge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
These small icy grains effectively behave like miniature comets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
When a wall of icy debris from a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border tore through his village last week, Pemba Chhring Tamang watched the landscape he had known all his life disappear.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The response was icy; no state met the deadline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In a flash, his entire demeanor changed from calm and friendly to icy and dangerous.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
What killed in Austin drew a decidedly icier reception in Boston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
A year later 26 FIS events were canceled, Scott said, many because of dangerous conditions caused in part by the artificial snow, which is generally icier and harder than the natural snow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
But as harp seals move north to colder, icier habitats, such as off Baffin Island, they may face a new threat: polar bears.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
In more frigid and icier environments, they depended more on animals and fish.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
His palm grew icier and icier, until—plunkl— an almost imperceptible whisper of a noise escaped from the jar, and the Owners feet dropped—clonk!—to the ground.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
"That day will come as surely as spring comes after even the iciest of winters," he insisted from the dock, addressing anyone who might hear, against all the odds.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023
But it also dragged on for about 30,000 years—long enough time for substantial portions of the world’s iciest places to melt away.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 20, 2022
She’s playful, too, lacing a dry wit through even her iciest lines.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2018
After wallowing around in the gross-out bad behavior of the Sokes, Thurman is the ray of sunshine that melts even the iciest Chicago snow; the sweetness that cuts through the acid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2016
I shot Mom the iciest look I could give.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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