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[thaw] / θɔ /


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At the same time, warming is destabilising permafrost - permanently frozen ground that can thaw as temperatures rise - and high mountain slopes, increasing the possibility of cascading hazards, the report says.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

But Xi's visit is also being closely watched as his first to neighbouring India since 2019, and the biggest step yet in a cautious thaw between the nuclear-armed rivals.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

This rapid temperature rise is causing frozen ground to thaw and coastlines to break apart.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

What was life like during the thaw in the Soviet Union?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Thinking, as she walked, of the way penguins cooled themselves, sliding on their stomachs in the snow when a thaw was too much for them.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Climate change is intensifying competition, with previously inaccessible minerals increasingly available for exploitation as the ice thaws and new shipping routes open.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Silas thaws on learning of David’s newfound success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

As the weather thaws and April showers make their return, I feel called to incorporate more herbs into my dishes.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025

A longer season during which the bay thaws and becomes open water could mean more ships coming in and out of Churchill.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024

When the river thaws, I will paddle across to visit him in the Warraskoyack village and trade for corn.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

The spat led to a legal showdown with the Pentagon -- although the tensions have since thawed somewhat.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

A month of record-shattering heat thawed the snow and sent runoff coursing into streams and rivers, leaving only minimal water in the mountains as the state heads into dry season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

Grocery stores and restaurants had to close as food thawed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

That said, not many products can be frozen, thawed, and refrozen without any structural or chemical change.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2025

She let me stay till the weather thawed.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

But scientists say long-term glacier thinning and the thawing of frozen ground likely raised the risks.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The major destruction of hydropower infrastructure underscored the risks of that strategy in a region where glaciers are retreating, permafrost is thawing and extreme hazards are becoming harder to predict.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Chung’s father founded Sinokor as a joint venture with Chinese interests in 1989, when Korean-Chinese relations were thawing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

As the announcement was underway, in the background a fire burned for a sixth day in a Boyle Heights warehouse, where 85 million pounds of frozen food was thawing and beginning to rot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Markus Wolf understood that, with the Cold War quickly thawing and the spy wars coming to an end, some people might want justice.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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