thaw
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The ice seemed to have started to thaw between the family members in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Trader Joe’s, of course, has done its part to thaw people’s feelings toward the freezer aisle: the orange chicken, the soup dumplings, the cheese-filled fiocchetti with pink sauce.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
After Johnson read her sister’s book and saw more of her point of view, a thaw started.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
When the thaw happens will depend on the war’s outcome, the price of oil and ultimately the bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
If I wandered off, I stood a very good chance of going over a cliff, and nobody was likely to find me until the next thaw.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
When this water freezes it expands and then, when it thaws, it gets smaller.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Silas thaws on learning of David’s newfound success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
As with the world that freezes in winter then thaws back to life, resurrection often involves the cold.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
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
There are also the 85 million pounds of food that thawed, burned and spoiled inside, creating a terrible smell emanating from the property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The spat led to a legal showdown with the Pentagon -- although the tensions have since thawed somewhat.
From Barron's ● May 28, 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
One of the hunters said, “Do you think those hounds are thawed out enough to fight a coon?”
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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
Their results showed that thawing landscapes enhance chemical weathering, moving carbon into dissolved inorganic forms while simultaneously removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
US President Donald Trump promised to visit India during a bilateral meeting at the G7 summit in France, signalling a thawing of relations between the two countries.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
New York is thawing out after a particularly cruel winter that's included debates over fur's revival as influencers push the look and retail sites report a jump in searches for vintage pieces.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
That spring, we had felt a certain thawing on the part of the authorities, a relaxation of the iron-fisted discipline that had prevailed on the island.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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