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{
"ice":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a serving of ice cream":[],
": a sheet or stretch of ice":[],
": a state of coldness (as from formality or reserve)":[],
": act":[
"serv ice",
"just ice",
"coward ice"
],
": an undercover premium paid to a theater employee for choice theater tickets":[],
": condition":[
"serv ice",
"just ice",
"coward ice"
],
": crystal meth":[],
": frozen water":[],
": in a precarious or risky situation":[],
": in reserve or safekeeping":[],
": kill sense 1a":[],
": quality":[
"serv ice",
"just ice",
"coward ice"
],
": secure sense 1b":[
"made two free throws \u2026 to ice the win",
"\u2014 Jack McCallum"
],
": to become covered with ice":[
"\u2014 often used with up or over"
],
": to become ice-cold":[],
": to chill with ice":[],
": to coat with or convert into ice":[],
": to cover with or as if with icing":[],
": to have ice form inside":[],
": to put on ice":[],
": to shoot (an ice hockey puck) the length of the rink and beyond the opponents' goal line":[],
": to supply with ice":[],
": with every likelihood of being won or accomplished":[],
"Iceland":[],
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement":[
"In March 2003, the Homeland Security Act set into motion what would be the single-largest government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense. One of the agencies in the new Department of Homeland Security was the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, now known as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE .",
"\u2014 www.ice.gov/history"
],
"International Cultural Exchange":[],
"in case of emergency":[
"Enter an ICE (in case of emergency) listing in the address book of your cell phone. Place the ICE acronym next to a person who can assist emergency workers if any important medical decisions need to be made.",
"\u2014 Andrew Weil"
],
"internal combustion engine":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The steps were coated with ice .",
"Ice formed on the car's windows.",
"The ice melted quickly in the hot sun.",
"She skated out onto the ice .",
"He almost fell through a hole in the ice .",
"Fill the glass with ice .",
"He gave her some ice for her birthday.",
"Verb",
"Ice the glasses before you fill them.",
"with that win, the team has pretty much iced a spot in the play-offs",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Although the Coyotes want to return to the playoffs, Armstrong knows that the team on the ice will still compete and showcase younger talent. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"Growing up in rural southern Alberta as the son of Sikh immigrants from India, Singh fell in love with hockey at an early age and dreamed of becoming a broadcaster \u2014 even though nearly everyone on the ice and in the broadcast booth was white. \u2014 Carol Schram, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"While the champs gathered for a celebratory photo on the ice , Avalanche right wing Nicolas Aube-Kubel was holding the trophy. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"With the Colorado Avalanche gathered on the ice Sunday night for their celebratory photo, the Stanley Cup took an early beating. \u2014 Cesar Brioso, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"Avalanche owner Stan Kroenke, who also owns the Super Bowl champion Rams and will have to expand his trophy case, paid tribute to the Lightning while watching his players and coaches celebrate on the ice . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"All hell then broke loose on the ice , and the benches emptied. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"MADISON - Ava Murphy will always remember her first time on the ice at LaBahn Arena, playing under the University of Wisconsin's six women's hockey national championship banners and in front a sellout crowd of 2,288 fans. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"The team said Poulin will join the players on the ice and in video sessions to work on their individual and collective skills. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The three climbers slid on snow and ice about 1,500 to 2,500 vertical feet down the mountain. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Williams hit two free throws at the other end to allow the building to breathe, and Fudd hit two more to ice it. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Others feature smiling children ice skating and tending gardens. \u2014 Bill O'reilly, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
"Junior goalkeeper Ellie Baum stopped St. Francis\u2019 first three shots in the second half, but Lauren Bruce scored on a 20-yard shot from a tough angle to ice the game with 55 seconds left. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, with the Spurs ahead by a point, Murray went to the line and made two foul shots to ice the game. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"There is a noise that, these past two years, has acquired the power to turn my blood to ice : my child\u2019s sneeze, followed by a wet sniffle. \u2014 Elizabeth G. Dunn, The Atlantic , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Model simulations show that because of the extreme exposure to solar radiation, melting or vaporization in this region can speed up by a factor of more than 20, once snow cover transforms to ice . \u2014 Angela Dewan, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
"In Indianapolis, passengers should count on delays of at least 30-45 minutes to allow for crews to de- ice the planes before departure, Berlen said. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 2 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, suffix forming nouns from nouns and adjectives, going back to Old French -ise, -ice, partially nativized borrowing from Latin -itia, suffix forming nouns from adjectives (usually monosyllabic), extended form of -ia -ia entry 1 , and -itium, forming nouns usually designating status (as servitium service entry 1 ) from personal nouns":"Noun suffix",
"Middle English is , from Old English \u012bs ; akin to Old High German \u012bs ice, Avestan isu- icy":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012bs",
"\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"assure",
"cinch",
"ensure",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"insure",
"secure"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230916",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun suffix",
"verb"
]
},
"ice bird":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an Indian goatsucker ( Caprimulgus asiaticus )":[],
": any of several sea birds that frequent ice floes: such as":[],
": dovekie sense 2":[],
": prion":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194428",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice bloom":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a brownish purple color imparted to ice in some regions by the growth of desmids of the genus Ancyclonema":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195338",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice crusher":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172633",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice crystal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ice needle":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1809, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195854",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice cube":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small block of artificial ice formed in a mold or cut from a larger block and commonly used for icing drinks":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234730",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice dancing":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sport in which ice-skating pairs perform to music routines similar to ballroom dances":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tseng also makes costumes for her son, Jeffrey, and his ice dancing partner, Katarina Wolfkostin. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States demonstrated their ice dancing rhythm to the foreign nation, burning the competition while getting a little nasty on ice. \u2014 Joe Lynch, Billboard , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The ice dancing pair of Bates and Madison Chock, also a couple off the ice, exemplify the mixed emotions that many Olympic hopefuls have felt in recent months. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Kids who are trying to come up in the sport are still facing those binary rules about gender, where pairs and ice dancing is portrayed to young skaters as a sport for a man and a woman. \u2014 Chabeli Carrazana, USA TODAY , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The two skaters got to experience their Olympic medal ceremonies in Beijing back in February, with Chen winning the gold in figure skating and Dononue the bronze in ice dancing with partner Madison Hubbell. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The squad took home silver in the team competition after Madison Chock and Evan Bates turned in a season best score in the ice dancing free program. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The world championships runs March 21-27 and also includes women\u2019s, pairs and ice dancing competition. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The best part of watching pairs figure skating and the ice dancing competitions is guessing whether or not the duo are dating off the ice. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 13 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094937",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice dike":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a formation of secondary ice in a glacier along a crevice":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202044",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice duck":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115351",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice water in one's veins":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the ability to remain very calm and controlled in a situation in which other people would become upset or afraid":[
"I can't believe how calm she was the whole time. She must have ice water in her veins ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190607",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"ice whale":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the right whale of the arctic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110355",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice wine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sweet wine made by pressing frozen grapes that have been allowed to freeze on the vine before being harvested : eiswein":[
"Records indicate the first ice wine pressing occurred in the German region of Franconia, in 1794, when an unusually early frost greeted surprised vintners with a frozen crop of grapes.",
"\u2014 Jeff Morgan",
"One of the world's most exotic potions is ice wine , a delicious sweet wine that is rare, difficult to make and eagerly sought by connoisseurs. It is the product of frozen grapes intentionally left on the vines long after the normal harvest and then harvested after a solid frost.",
"\u2014 Terry Robards"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Raise a glass to the memories made over a glass of the popular Canadian varietal, ice wine . \u2014 Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day , 14 June 2022",
"Head there in mid to late summer for the latest crop, or, for those adventurous enough, go over the winter months to catch the ice wine harvest with your closest friends. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Many wineries in more temperate climes make ice wine from grapes frozen after harvest. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
"There are a number of great wines available at Viento\u2019s tasting room, from a dry sherry-style aperitif to a stunning riesling ice wine from the 2009 vintage. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 29 Nov. 2021",
"While there, Camila spends time with her mother, Sunny and sister' Beth, who manages the local winery for Camila's former ice wine mentor, Henry. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The harvest typically starts in the fall, but the bunches destined to become ice wine must hang on for a little longer. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2021",
"While there, Camila spends time with her mother Sunny (Maria delMar) and sister Beth (AnnaMaria Demara), who manages the local winery for Camila's former ice wine mentor, Henry (Richard Fitzpatrick). \u2014 Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Believing in the importance of preserving the magic of 'Christmas in a bottle,' Camila shares with Declan her passion for Christmas and what an authentic ice wine harvest can bring. \u2014 Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE.com , 28 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1953, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084953",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice yacht":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": iceboat":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110035",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice-cold":{
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
],
"definitions":{
": extremely cold":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012bs-\u02c8k\u014dld"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181311",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ice-cream freezer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191524",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice-cream headache":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": brain freeze":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181846",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice-cream soda":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sweet food drink of soda water, flavored syrup, and ice cream":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1862, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184523",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"iceblink":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a glare in the sky over an ice field":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1808, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012bs-\u02ccbli\u014bk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185836",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"iceboat":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a skeleton boat or frame on runners propelled on ice usually by sails":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Answering the order to pass, the RAV4 Prime picks up pace like an iceboat catching a gust, accelerating on the glide. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Thousands watched as local hockey clubs battled one another and the Skate Sailing Association of America held competitions, including one in 1926 that featured 21 iceboats on blades that sailed over a three-mile course. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 13 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1748, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012bs-\u02ccb\u014dt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114207",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"iceboating":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the sport of sailing in iceboats":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012bs-\u02ccb\u014d-ti\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125522",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"iced":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": containing ice or cooled by ice or refrigeration":[
"iced water",
"iced coffee",
"iced tea"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1673, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012bst"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053243",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"iced firn":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mixture of ice and firn":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032443",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"iced-tea spoon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a teaspoon with a very long handle":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023524",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ice-blue":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": very pale greenish blue like the color seen in a cake of clear ice":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144509"
},
"ice age":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a time of widespread glaciation":[],
": the Pleistocene glacial epoch":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"changes that occurred during the last ice age",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the surface, Dennis Quaid heroically battling through a new ice age and Leonardo DiCaprio bumbling through disastrous TV interviews are very different stories. \u2014 Solitaire Townsend, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Nation/World Long ago, the retreat of ice age glaciers carved one of the largest underwater canyons in the world into the seabed about a hundred miles from New York City. \u2014 Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
"These ice age hunters, Bourgeon explains, would have carried the horse carcasses to the caves to be butchered. \u2014 Devon Bidal, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
"That was because our ancestors lived outdoors in seasonally cold temperatures, endured the ice age and migrated to colder climates. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Gethen, a planet deep in an ice age , is populated by gender-fluid humanoids for whom skiing is a primary mode of transportation. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2020",
"In this modern telling with a (nearly) all-Black cast (a rarity for productions of this play), the story follows an immortal family\u2019s 5000-year journey through a never-ending cycle of disasters \u2014 an ice age , a great flood and a devastating war. \u2014 Ayanna Prescod, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Thornton Wilder\u2019s antic play, from 1942, packs in an ice age , a deluge and midcentury d\u00e9cor. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Bourgeon started her research at the Bluefish Caves believing that people weren\u2019t in North America during the last ice age , but quickly realized that Cinq-Mars was right. \u2014 Devon Bidal, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145430"
},
"iceberg":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier":[],
": an emotionally cold person":[],
": iceberg lettuce":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u012bs-\u02ccb\u0259rg"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold fish",
"cold turkey",
"icicle"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a brilliant doctor, no doubt, but both patients and staff complain that he is an iceberg",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The ship was there for repairs after hitting an iceberg off Alaska on June 25. \u2014 CBS News , 1 July 2022",
"Everything bagel seasoning breadcrumbs would work great on a crisp salad with crunchy greens like iceberg or Little Gem. \u2014 June Kim, Bon App\u00e9tit , 30 June 2022",
"That leaves an iceberg like effect where most of the companies can't hire cyber talent. \u2014 R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Can this be anything but the tip of the deception iceberg ",
"When the evil creature breaks free from a melting iceberg and kills Humphrey, Vincent is the only one who can stop the creature from annihilating all marine life by finding his own voice and song. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"And this is just the tip of a very dangerous iceberg . \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 4 May 2022",
"That\u2019s not to say that iceberg has nothing to offer. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 23 Apr. 2022",
"But don\u2019t try to sell that iceberg to Michael Malone. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably partial translation of Danish or Norwegian isberg , from is ice + berg mountain":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150209"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a skeleton boat or frame on runners propelled on ice usually by sails":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u012bs-\u02ccb\u014dt"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Answering the order to pass, the RAV4 Prime picks up pace like an iceboat catching a gust, accelerating on the glide. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Thousands watched as local hockey clubs battled one another and the Skate Sailing Association of America held competitions, including one in 1926 that featured 21 iceboats on blades that sailed over a three-mile course. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 13 Aug. 2019"
],
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"Next, special machines called Pistenbullys go back and forth across the ice field , creating grooves. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, Cnn; Video By Max Burnell, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"Between the massive, jagged mountains, the endless blue ice field , and the condors (with their 11-foot wingspan) swooping across the sky, primeval Patagonia can make a mere human feel insignificant. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In 2012, Harry Zekollari, now a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, joined a Belgian-Japanese retrieval mission on the Nansen ice field , some 3,000 miles south of New Zealand. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Jan. 2022",
"But there\u2019s a great hike out to a waterfall that tumbles into the lake from the ice field above. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Mar. 2021",
"Will pursuing that Legendary Flight Rune put you in range of an opponent\u2019s ice field ",
"This Black Diamond tent is made for four-season adventurers who are just as likely to be sleeping on an ice field than in a campground. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 9 Apr. 2020",
"By Gretel Ehrlich Ehrlich has written several books on landscapes ranging from the Southwestern U.S. desert to Japan after the 2011 tsunami to the ice fields of Greenland. \u2014 Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2020",
"The largest losses were glaciers in Alaska, followed by the melting ice fields in southern South America and glaciers in the Arctic. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 7 Nov. 2019"
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"The price of iceberg lettuce has jumped 23.3% from a year ago, but adds only 2 cents to the total, according to the agency. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 1 July 2022",
"Shoppers are venting on social media about paying around A$12 ($8.61) for a head of iceberg lettuce , as well as steeper prices for other produce, with costs upward of A$25 for a watermelon. \u2014 Sybilla Gross / Bloomberg, Time , 7 June 2022",
"The other half of the roll is slathered with mayonnaise and layered with iceberg lettuce and tomato. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"The most popular of this type, and perhaps most popular of all the greens on this list, is iceberg lettuce . \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The cook took the legs back to the kitchen, chopped them up, and saut\u00e9ed them with green beans\u2013all presented with crunchy, refreshing, unpretentious iceberg lettuce cups to close out the meal. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 8 Mar. 2022",
"There's also a new Dole recall that covers iceberg lettuce and various other types of salad sold. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The company issued the voluntary recall notification after testing harvest equipment for the raw iceberg lettuce . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 Jan. 2022",
"This satisfying recipe provides a generous portion of veggies with two cups total from arugula, iceberg lettuce , and grape tomatoes. \u2014 Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"He had an ice pack on his sore elbow.",
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"That alternative comes in the form of an implantable device\u2014an ultraminiaturized ice pack applied directly to a single nerve. \u2014 Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American , 1 July 2022",
"Initial first aid to a bite should include using an ice pack to prevent or reduce swelling. \u2014 al , 28 June 2022",
"After the round, Wise sought medical attention and was seen holding an ice pack to his head. \u2014 Adam Schupak, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
"Application of cold therapy like an ice pack signals the brain to trigger a complex physiological response. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"Beyond putting an ice pack on your head and laying down in a dark room, for most people treatment includes having an arsenal of migraine drugs at the ready. \u2014 Abigail Libers, SELF , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Last summer, even after a modest boost in the winter ice pack , the cold pool had expanded only to about 12%. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Apply a cold compress or ice pack to your head or neck. \u2014 Abigail Libers, SELF , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Federal surveys found snow crab stocks collapsed in the aftermath of two warm years, 2018-19, when the annual winter ice pack shrank, and the cold pools that offer crab protection from cod and other predators were drastically reduced. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2022"
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"Although the Coyotes want to return to the playoffs, Armstrong knows that the team on the ice will still compete and showcase younger talent. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 1 July 2022",
"Growing up in rural southern Alberta as the son of Sikh immigrants from India, Singh fell in love with hockey at an early age and dreamed of becoming a broadcaster \u2014 even though nearly everyone on the ice and in the broadcast booth was white. \u2014 Carol Schram, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"While the champs gathered for a celebratory photo on the ice , Avalanche right wing Nicolas Aube-Kubel was holding the trophy. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"With the Colorado Avalanche gathered on the ice Sunday night for their celebratory photo, the Stanley Cup took an early beating. \u2014 Cesar Brioso, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
"Avalanche owner Stan Kroenke, who also owns the Super Bowl champion Rams and will have to expand his trophy case, paid tribute to the Lightning while watching his players and coaches celebrate on the ice . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"All hell then broke loose on the ice , and the benches emptied. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"MADISON - Ava Murphy will always remember her first time on the ice at LaBahn Arena, playing under the University of Wisconsin's six women's hockey national championship banners and in front a sellout crowd of 2,288 fans. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"The team said Poulin will join the players on the ice and in video sessions to work on their individual and collective skills. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
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"The three climbers slid on snow and ice about 1,500 to 2,500 vertical feet down the mountain. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Williams hit two free throws at the other end to allow the building to breathe, and Fudd hit two more to ice it. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Others feature smiling children ice skating and tending gardens. \u2014 Bill O'reilly, NBC News , 23 May 2022",
"Junior goalkeeper Ellie Baum stopped St. Francis\u2019 first three shots in the second half, but Lauren Bruce scored on a 20-yard shot from a tough angle to ice the game with 55 seconds left. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Instead, with the Spurs ahead by a point, Murray went to the line and made two foul shots to ice the game. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"There is a noise that, these past two years, has acquired the power to turn my blood to ice : my child\u2019s sneeze, followed by a wet sniffle. \u2014 Elizabeth G. Dunn, The Atlantic , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Model simulations show that because of the extreme exposure to solar radiation, melting or vaporization in this region can speed up by a factor of more than 20, once snow cover transforms to ice . \u2014 Angela Dewan, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
"In Indianapolis, passengers should count on delays of at least 30-45 minutes to allow for crews to de- ice the planes before departure, Berlen said. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 2 Feb. 2022"
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"In recent days Minnesota has looked more like a cold, snowy San Francisco, shrouded under a perpetual blanket of thick ice fog . \u2014 Todd Nelson, Star Tribune , 8 Jan. 2021",
"Cars and buses lurch through the ice fog as people keep to their schedules. \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Downtown Wednesday, ice fog limited visibility to a block or so. \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Skiers contended with single-digit temperatures and ice fog at mid-mountain during the morning, but things cleared up by the afternoon. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 19 Jan. 2020",
"The boy sees a raven flying above the ice fog and points to it. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Jan. 2020",
"Ice crystals can also form lower down, either hugging the ground in ice fogs or slowly drifting to Earth as diamond dust. \u2014 Mika Mckinnon, Smithsonian , 5 Feb. 2018",
"At liquid-nitrogen ice-cream shops, ingredients are whipped together and then frozen with liquid nitrogen, a foggy process that\u2019s reminiscent of dry- ice fog spilling out over the stage at an arena-rock concert. \u2014 Robert Philpot, star-telegram , 9 Jan. 2018"
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"Frantically lick at an ice-cream cone the color of Dr. Manhattan. \u2014 Alex Mcelroy, The Atlantic , 10 Aug. 2021",
"His subjects, mostly country folk and seemingly all white, posed against plain backdrops with their own props: an ice-cream cone , a football helmet, a fishing rod. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 13 July 2021",
"The risible subplots range from the narrow-minded moms in Billie's social circle to Cooper's work dynamics, which include a boss (Li Jun Li) who looks at him the way kids eye an ice-cream cone . \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 25 June 2021",
"Today, just getting an ice-cream cone successfully feels like magic. \u2014 Eva Hagberg, The Atlantic , 22 Sep. 2020",
"You\u2019re not supposed to get an ice-cream cone for playing hard and having fun. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 15 Sep. 2020",
"Gia's at-home party on Friday took on an ice-cream theme, with a balloon arrangement in the shape of a decadent ice-cream cone , as seen on Courtney's Instagram Story. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 11 Sep. 2020",
"Eat at one, or all, with a bunch of unique food options such as the hefty El Diablo sandwich from Arepa or a maple-bacon ice-cream cone . \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 5 Nov. 2019",
"Bishop\u2019s Orchard corn maze, 526 New England Road in Guilford has a theme of an ice-cream cone to celebrate the ice-cream stand opening at the farm market, which is 2-\u00be miles from the maze. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 12 Sep. 2019"
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"But could a tau neutrino, even with its regenerations, go this deep through the Earth and produce a shower up through the ice pointing at ANITA",
"Portland is 10-1-1-0 at home ice, which remains the best home ice point percentage in the WHL. \u2014 Samantha Meese, oregonlive , 27 Nov. 2019"
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"The researchers took 19 samples of snow from different sites along the Ross Ice Shelf\u2014the largest ice shelf in Antarctica\u2014and found microplastics in every single sample taken. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
"This erosion lets the ice flow faster, pushing against the floating ice shelf . \u2014 Ted Scambos, The Conversation , 7 June 2022",
"According to a new study, scientists have discovered more marine life than previously expected under the Antarctic ice shelf . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 23 Dec. 2021",
"And now, as the climate crisis is projected to warm the Earth further, the biggest remaining ice shelf , Larsen C, is also at risk of total collapse, the study says. \u2014 Angela Dewan, CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Scientists had been seeing this particular ice shelf \u2014 closest to Australia \u2014 shrink a bit since the 1970s, Neff said. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Scientists had been seeing this particular ice shelf \u2013 closest to Australia \u2013 shrink a bit since the 1970s, Neff said. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, USA TODAY , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The ice shelf , about 460 square miles wide holding in the Conger and Glenzer glaciers from the warmer water, collapsed between March 14 and 16, said ice scientist Catherine Walker of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"An Antarctic ice shelf could crack and disintegrate within the next decade, allowing a Florida-sized glacier to slide into the ocean and raising sea levels by feet, scientists warned Wednesday. \u2014 Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News , 16 Dec. 2021"
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"One snapshot showed her foot propped up on a toilet with an ice bag . \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In the National League clubhouse on the night of the 1999 Home Run Derby in Boston, Padres third-base coach Tim Flannery stripped down to his shorts, parked an ice bag on his elbow and poured his third Guinness. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 July 2021",
"Crush ice in a Lewis ice bag (or while wrapped in a clean kitchen towel). \u2014 Karla Alindahao, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
"Even with an ice bag wrapped around Mitchell\u2019s ankle, there was purpose in their gaits and steam blowing out their ears. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2021",
"Video from the scene, shot after the attack, shows the woman holding the board in one hand and an ice bag in the other. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Video from the scene, shot after the attack, shows the woman holding the board in one hand and an ice bag in the other. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Video from the scene, shot after the attack, shows the woman holding the board in one hand and an ice bag in the other. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Video from the scene, shot after the attack, shows the woman holding the board in one hand and an ice bag in the other. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2021"
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"His granddad would get big buckets of ice water , and drop the melons inside to cool them down. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"Serve the noodles by scooping small amounts of soba out of the ice water and bundling them up into small mounds on each plate. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022",
"In other tests, people who\u2019d had to make choices gave up on basic addition problems more easily and pulled their hands out of ice water faster. \u2014 Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022",
"Boil sturdy greens, then cool them in ice water and finely chop them to expedite their softening. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Quickly cool the eggs in ice water or cool running tap water. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Uche also confirmed Smollett hadn\u2019t consumed anything but ice water during his six-day detention. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Remove the eggs to a bowl of ice water for 1 to 2 minutes, then peel. \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Last summer, however, proved even too much for Sunny\u2019s tent-popping, ice water -slinging team of professionals. \u2014 Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"If one were to be really nit-picky, the film might have done with just a little less observation of Leo playing ice hockey , Leo sitting in class, Leo looking happy and then secretly sad for a moment. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"An Austrian woman escapes from the pressure of running her family\u2019s vineyard by playing ice hockey . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The Clippers ice hockey team was joined by the Baltimore Bullets basketball team, known for star players Earl Monroe and Wes Unseld. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
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"China is ranked No. 32 worldwide in men\u2019s ice hockey . \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 8 Dec. 2021",
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"Gila River Arena has nothing scheduled for that day at present, hosting an ice show the previous night. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Skaters from an ice show twirl gleamingly in the middle distance. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Erin Clark/Globe Staff Two-time US Olympic Medalist Nancy Kerrigan co-hosted the ice show in Providence. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Dec. 2021",
"After a year of uncertainty gives way to actually being able to host the ice show , Drenski said the response so far has been positive. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 12 May 2021",
"Her first prize, won in 1990, was a pair of tickets to an ice show . \u2014 Katherine Lucky, The New Republic , 14 May 2021",
"Roughly 120 youth skaters -- ranging in age from 3 to 18 -- will be participating in the 2021 ice show taking place at 7:30 p.m. May 21, 2 and 7:30 p.m. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 12 May 2021",
"That includes an ice show that\u2019s outdoors for the first time and a new fireworks show. \u2014 Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Cirque du Soleil\u2019s recent expansion into ice shows has opened up job opportunities for the figure-skating crowd. \u2014 Chris Varias, Cincinnati.com , 21 Jan. 2020"
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"Researchers analyzed two ridges on Greenland's ice sheet with ice-penetrating radar, and found that the ridges look like those on the far away Jovian moon, per the Independent\u2019s Jon Kelvey. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For example, this ice sheet in Antarctica, this huge slab of ice is going to break off of Antarctica and fall into the sea. \u2014 Saleen Martin, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Most of Antarctica is covered with a thick ice sheet , the edges of which periodically slide into the surrounding Southern Ocean to form floating ice shelves. \u2014 Aylin Woodward, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"Cowen-Breen had been studying ice sheet dynamics in Antarctica under the supervision of the Princeton geophysicist Ching-Yao Lai. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Ai and his companion Estraven spend much of the novel trekking across a desolated and dangerous ice sheet , in scenes that would fit in among the best of the outdoor adventure canon. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2020",
"The 75-year-old made just two attempts at sliding a curling stone across the ice sheet at the Oval. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"If its double ridges are formed the same way, that means water from the subsurface ocean is forced to the surface there as well, pooling not 30 km deep, but just a kilometer or two within the ice sheet . \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"The nearly 100-year-old premier equipment institution known as Bauer has been the supplier of gear for Hockey lovers from all over the world and was the first to put the blade to boot, creating the ice skate . \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"As with past Slaw Device pedals, moving your feet back and forth on these things feels like sliding an ice skate across a pristine frozen lake. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Listen to live music under the stars in summer, ice skate under the pavilion in winter, or go indoor swimming year-round. \u2014 Rina Nehdar, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Families can enjoy traditional German foods, meet holiday characters or ice skate . \u2014 Alexi Eastes, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Not only does the hotel\u2019s full-service restaurant host special holiday dinners on Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eves, but guests are also welcome to free ice skate rentals at the property\u2019s adjacent rink. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 18 Dec. 2021",
"On Sunday, many families flocked to a popular lake to ice skate on its frozen waters. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Head to downtown Cleveland for a chance to ice skate in Public Square, at this year\u2019s Cleveland Foundation rink. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Head to downtown Cleveland for a chance to ice skate in Public Square, at this year\u2019s Cleveland Foundation rink. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"The company sells scoops at Crossroads Collective food hall on Milwaukee\u2019s east side and at Z\u00f3calo Food Truck Park in the Walker\u2019s Point neighborhood, and grocers carry the ice cream by the pint. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
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"The category: nieves de garrafa (churned ice cream made in a pot). \u2014 Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"For three-quarters of a century, Hoffman\u2019s has been making and serving ice cream to generations of customers. \u2014 Dylan Slagle, Baltimore Sun , 20 June 2022",
"Each correct answer earned the participants a free ice cream topping at TATES. \u2014 Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"But Green was the only Warrior who suddenly took a break from greeting fans to go buy ice cream . \u2014 Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"Walmart debuted a red velvet- and cheesecake-flavored Juneteenth ice cream this year. \u2014 Samantha Chery, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"Almost immediately after Li presented the ice cream , his livestream was suspended, said the outlet. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 6 June 2022"
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"Yet that tiny snap would lead to the world\u2019s first carbon-fiber ice ax , the Black Prophet. \u2014 Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2014",
"In an area called the School Room, Chapko demonstrated how to kick our crampons into the ice, then swiftly swing one ice ax at a time overhead. \u2014 Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Leclerc pushed the cutting edge of alpinism by soloing increasingly ambitious alpine lines with only an ice ax and a pack, both captivating and terrifying the climbing world. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 Dec. 2021",
"There\u2019s loud knocking at the door, Kristen grabs her ice ax and heads into the backyard \u2026 and finds a bloody Orson LeRoux hanging around. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 25 July 2021",
"And then Mira and Anya show up to find Kristen screaming on the ground with the ice ax next to her. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 25 July 2021",
"Unable to hide it any longer and truly broken down, Kristen confessed to her crime with the murder weapon, the ice ax , in her hand. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 25 July 2021",
"The season-one finale heavily implies that Kristen had enough, went to Orson\u2019s home with an ice ax , and bludgeoned the guy to death. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 20 June 2021",
"At one point Milligan duct-taped his ice ax to a ski pole as a precaution. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Feb. 2021"
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"In January 1915, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton\u2019s ship, Endurance, became icebound in the Antarctic. \u2014 Abigail Barronian, Outside Online , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Wind turbines supply a fraction of the grid\u2019s winter power supply, much less than the similarly icebound natural-gas processors. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The search expedition has been fortunate with conditions in the Weddell Sea, which can be notoriously icebound . \u2014 Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Endurance became completely icebound on January 24, and by mid-February, Shackleton ordered the boilers to be shut off so that the ship would drift with the ice until the weather warmed sufficiently for the pack to break up. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The inhospitable, barely accessible and icebound expanse that the Arctic once was is transforming. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021",
"As Hampton Sides vividly described in his 2014 best seller, In the Kingdom of Ice, the Jeannette also became icebound . \u2014 Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
"As Hampton Sides vividly described in his 2014 best seller, In the Kingdom of Ice, the Jeannette also became icebound . \u2014 Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
"As Hampton Sides vividly described in his 2014 best seller, In the Kingdom of Ice, the Jeannette also became icebound . \u2014 Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021"
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"Is there anything worse than being trapped on a bus, plane, or train that feels like an icebox ",
"The plums in this painting, by Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818), have not come out of an icebox . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Most cookies freeze very well and will last up to a year in the icebox , according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Why growl at Midge\u2019s icebox parenting, which the show sees as adorable",
"Certainly sounds like a different plot than Garten's tutorials for potato salads and mocha chocolate icebox cakes. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living , 21 May 2021",
"The space is accessorized with other pieces from the era, such as an old icebox , vintage wooden wall phone, and more. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 13 May 2021",
"When the weather\u2019s hot and the beach beckons, chilling with a slice of icebox pie does the trick. \u2014 Eric Velasco, al , 7 May 2020",
"Migrants have long decried conditions in Border Patrol facilities, now infamously known as hieleras, or iceboxes . \u2014 NBC News , 19 Feb. 2020"
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"using an old joke as a conversational icebreaker",
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"But the stage has been set for Georgia to add another trophy or trophies to Monday night's icebreaker . \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 11 Jan. 2022",
"To Curtis, great meetings begin with an icebreaker to get the participants feeling grounded and comfortable with one another. \u2014 Heather Landy, Quartz , 5 Apr. 2022",
"At the recent Milken Institute Global Conference, a popular icebreaker was asking fellow attendees about their organization\u2019s work-from-home approach. \u2014 Matthew Boyle, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"The team traveled aboard the S.A. Agulhas II, a South African icebreaker and polar research vessel. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Using a modern icebreaker and high-tech underwater drones, the international team will try to find the Endurance, using the coordinates recorded by the ship\u2019s captain in his diary. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
"In 2019, a crew consisting of many of the same individuals set out in an icebreaker equipped with an AUV to scan the seafloor, but the expedition lost the vehicle in the drifting ice. \u2014 Abigail Barronian, Outside Online , 18 Mar. 2022",
"There were finger sandwiches and desserts and a bingo game icebreaker where participants had to find a woman who had, say, been to Guatemala, or who had gone to school in New York. \u2014 Courtney Rubin, Fortune , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The icebreaker is now sailing toward Cape Town and is expected there in about a week. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The ice cap that covers Antarctica isn\u2019t a rigid whole. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"That ice sheet is the second largest in the world, behind Antarctica, and accounts for the vast majority of the polar ice cap . \u2014 Cassidy Randall, Outside Online , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Isabelle Huppert is a melting ice cap ; Pen\u00e9lope Cruz a meadow at dawn. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The photos included a few cosmic selfies of the spacecraft above the planet's signature scarlet surface and a view of its northern ice cap , reports Andrew Jones for Space.com. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The camp's six solar-heated canvas tents have views of its eponymous mountain: one of a cluster of rock pillars rising up to 3,000 feet above the ice cap that were first explored by Norway's Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in the early 20th century. \u2014 Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The Arctic ice cap is thinning, prompting a rise in sea level and the erosion of coastal areas; permafrost is thawing, releasing toxic gases like methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and endangering existing infrastructure. \u2014 Daria Solovieva, Fortune , 21 Dec. 2021",
"That rump of legacy estates is like the polar ice cap \u2013 shrinking over time. \u2014 Peter Bendor-samuel, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is home to its namesake granite towers as well as sparkling lagoons and otherworldly glaciers \u2014 the park's Perito Moreno Glacier is part of the third-largest ice cap in the world. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 8 Dec. 2021"
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"Meanwhile, the Himalayan Times reports that the icefall doctors are on their way to Base Camp to begin fixing the route through the Khumbu Icefall. \u2014 Alan Arnette, Outside Online , 11 Mar. 2020",
"After last year\u2019s avalanche, which killed 16 high-altitude workers in the icefall , the government canceled the season and extended permits one year. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 4 May 2015",
"Time reports that the Nepalese government has already forbidden climbers from traversing the icefall , forcing them instead to take a longer, more difficult\u2014but less avalanche-prone\u2014route. \u2014 Will Egensteiner, Outside Online , 23 Feb. 2015",
"In parts of Tennessee, significant icefall of up to half an inch coupled with sizable sleet and snow accumulation has damaged trees and downed power lines, according to the National Weather Service and the City of Memphis. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The cold air could accompany significant icefall throughout southern Texas as well as North and South Carolina. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Come in the spring when the cascades are at their most dramatic, or hit the park in winter for eagle watching and icefalls . \u2014 Sarah Feldberg, Travel + Leisure , 24 Feb. 2017",
"The 23 expeditions undertaken between 1931 and 1939 invariably entailed extreme trials\u2014among them perilous icefalls , pounding hail and fingers and toes lost to frostbite. \u2014 The Economist , 20 Feb. 2020",
"In the winter, water freezes into a giant icefall on the sandstone cliffs along the Red Cedar State Trail south of Menomonie. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Dec. 2018"
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"What flavor of ice cream do you like",
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"The company sells scoops at Crossroads Collective food hall on Milwaukee\u2019s east side and at Z\u00f3calo Food Truck Park in the Walker\u2019s Point neighborhood, and grocers carry the ice cream by the pint. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Customers can order the ice cream in cones, cups and milkshakes. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"The category: nieves de garrafa (churned ice cream made in a pot). \u2014 Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"For three-quarters of a century, Hoffman\u2019s has been making and serving ice cream to generations of customers. \u2014 Dylan Slagle, Baltimore Sun , 20 June 2022",
"Each correct answer earned the participants a free ice cream topping at TATES. \u2014 Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"But Green was the only Warrior who suddenly took a break from greeting fans to go buy ice cream . \u2014 Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"Walmart debuted a red velvet- and cheesecake-flavored Juneteenth ice cream this year. \u2014 Samantha Chery, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"Almost immediately after Li presented the ice cream , his livestream was suspended, said the outlet. \u2014 Jane Li, Quartz , 6 June 2022"
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"Nasser then ran toward a set of escalators near the mall's entrance where the suspect\u2014identified as 35-year-old Czyz Harrison\u2014was seen riding down from the second floor carrying what was later determined to be an ice pick . \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 22 Mar. 2022",
"When officers arrived at the crash scene, Wu was still inside the truck, threw glass at a paramedic\u2019s face and tried to hide an ice pick from officers. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Harrison immediately fell onto his stomach, and another officer kicked the ice pick away, according to the footage. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 22 Mar. 2022",
"An ice pick and knife can add a touch of drama to your cocktail-making. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Sopp\u2019s mother had called police because her son had threatened himself with an ice pick and may have been driving while intoxicated. \u2014 Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Consider the ice pick surgeon from the book\u2019s title. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 July 2021",
"Investigators found a knife and ice pick at the scene, the New York Post reported. \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2021",
"He had been committed to the asylum four years earlier after attempting to stab an acquaintance with an ice pick , the Tribune reported. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 23 July 2021"
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"The nearly 100-year-old premier equipment institution known as Bauer has been the supplier of gear for Hockey lovers from all over the world and was the first to put the blade to boot, creating the ice skate . \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"As with past Slaw Device pedals, moving your feet back and forth on these things feels like sliding an ice skate across a pristine frozen lake. \u2014 Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Listen to live music under the stars in summer, ice skate under the pavilion in winter, or go indoor swimming year-round. \u2014 Rina Nehdar, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Families can enjoy traditional German foods, meet holiday characters or ice skate . \u2014 Alexi Eastes, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Not only does the hotel\u2019s full-service restaurant host special holiday dinners on Christmas and New Year\u2019s Eves, but guests are also welcome to free ice skate rentals at the property\u2019s adjacent rink. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 18 Dec. 2021",
"On Sunday, many families flocked to a popular lake to ice skate on its frozen waters. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Head to downtown Cleveland for a chance to ice skate in Public Square, at this year\u2019s Cleveland Foundation rink. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Head to downtown Cleveland for a chance to ice skate in Public Square, at this year\u2019s Cleveland Foundation rink. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"An intense ice storm hit her district in February, leaving more than 60,000 households and businesses without power for days amid freezing temperatures. \u2014 Raina Lipsitz, The New Republic , 5 May 2022",
"Louisville Metro Police officers are investigating after a man who was reported missing during Thursday's ice storm was found dead Sunday, about a mile away from his crashed car. \u2014 Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The area was highly disturbed during the ice storm of 2021. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
"Also, right after the Christmas ice storm , University of Alaska ecologist Knut Kielland speculated on hard times for owls and other creatures that depend on voles that live under the snow surface. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Court documents indicate Diane Witt may have had health problems related to damage to their home from the ice storm of Dec. 12, 2008. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 26 Jan. 2022",
"At the time it was called 'The worst ice storm in Duluth's history'. \u2014 Star Tribune , 3 Mar. 2021",
"As parts of Alaska set record high temperatures in December, Fairbanks closed out 2021 with a destructive ice storm , causing roofs to collapse. \u2014 Lois Parshley, Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
"City staff said about 10 acres of tree canopy was lost to development, but the bulk of the loss \u2013 more than 1,000 acres \u2013 was because of the Feb. 15, 2021, ice storm . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"The level of detail \u2014 from complex cityscapes like Shanghai and Tokyo to the icescapes of Siberia \u2014 is brilliant. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, idahostatesman , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The level of detail \u2014 from complex cityscapes like Shanghai and Tokyo to the icescapes of Siberia \u2014 is brilliant. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, idahostatesman , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The level of detail \u2014 from complex cityscapes like Shanghai and Tokyo to the icescapes of Siberia \u2014 is brilliant. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, idahostatesman , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The level of detail \u2014 from complex cityscapes like Shanghai and Tokyo to the icescapes of Siberia \u2014 is brilliant. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, idahostatesman , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The level of detail \u2014 from complex cityscapes like Shanghai and Tokyo to the icescapes of Siberia \u2014 is brilliant. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, idahostatesman , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The level of detail \u2014 from complex cityscapes like Shanghai and Tokyo to the icescapes of Siberia \u2014 is brilliant. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, idahostatesman , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The level of detail \u2014 from complex cityscapes like Shanghai and Tokyo to the icescapes of Siberia \u2014 is brilliant. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, idahostatesman , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The level of detail \u2014 from complex cityscapes like Shanghai and Tokyo to the icescapes of Siberia \u2014 is brilliant. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, idahostatesman , 22 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On October 4, 2019, the Polarstern, a German icebreaker the length of a football field, sidled up to a thick ice floe above the Arctic Circle and turned off its engines. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
"The large ice floe comprising the field was as close as possible to the geographic North Pole. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The edge of an ice floe was illuminated by bow lights piercing the morning darkness of the Bering Sea. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The dog, who first responders estimate was maybe 80-pounds, somehow got away from her new owners who live on the 200 block of Biddle, just off the Detroit River and ended up on an ice floe . \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The fishing boat Pinnacle makes its way through an ice floe on Jan. 25 in the Bering Sea southwest of St. Matthew Island. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"To test submarine systems and research initiatives in the region, the Navy established a temporary ice camp, known as Ice Camp Queenfish, on top of an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. \u2014 Jon Schlosberg, ABC News , 15 Mar. 2022",
"By April 11, 1916, as their ice floe broke apart, Shackleton and the Endurance crew took to their lifeboats, spending several days grimly huddled together, battling seasickness, drenched by freezing seawater and ravaged by thirst. \u2014 Barry Neild, CNN , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The ice floe had broken off near Catawba Island, close to the Lake Erie islands. \u2014 Jane Morice | Jmorice@cleveland.com, cleveland , 6 Feb. 2022"
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