icy
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Its rocky and icy features resemble a grinning skull seen from the side, seemingly gazing toward nearby Devil Island.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
There would be personality wallpaper in the bathroom, icy sparkling cocktails, very good roast chicken and a bread service so generous it would probably make an accountant nervous.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
So like a salmon swimming up an icy Alaskan stream, let’s dive in.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Crook knew that he wanted the homunculi to be almost still, as if someone had fallen into icy water, their cold, wet clothes clinging to them, barely wanting to move.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
I felt my blood go icy in my veins, and I turned the letter back over, looking again at my name in my handwriting.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
What killed in Austin drew a decidedly icier reception in Boston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 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
The Weddell Sea still remains far icier than other Antarctic waters, though in recent years ice conditions have been lighter than usual.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
The broad-leafed trees become smaller, there are more pines, the air cools, the sky turns an icier blue: we’re heading away from spring.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
"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
“Mr. Jackson spoke with me about the incident in the yard,” she said in her iciest voice.
From "George" by Alex Gino
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