molten
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Natural gas is used by glass manufacturers to run their furnaces, which melt sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass into molten glass blobs which are then shaped into bottles.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
One explanation is a balance between the planet's molten interior and its atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Over billions of years, ongoing chemical exchanges between the molten interior and the atmosphere have shaped the planet's current appearance.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
When my spoon broke through the wobbly layer of cheesy bread and resurfaced all gooey and molten, the winter suddenly didn’t seem so bad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Kronos’s scythe had liquefied into molten metal and was trickling into the coals of the hearth, which now glowed like a blacksmith’s furnace.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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