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

Isotopic geochemistry suggests the molten material came from Archean continental crust dating between 3.0 and 3.3 billion years old.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

Roughly 3000 km below the surface, a vast ocean of molten, churning liquid iron fills the outer core.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 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

One moment her hair was draped around her like a shawl and the next it was gleaming down her back like molten bronze.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor