How to Use refreeze in a Sentence
refreeze
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This will cause any slushy spots to refreeze overnight.
—Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2022
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The heat from your home drifts up and through the roof, melting the snow that runs down and refreezes as ice in the gutters.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2023
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There is no need to contact the NCRA at the end of the unfrozen period to refreeze your credit file.
—Yec, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
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That is expected to cause ice and snow that melts during the day to refreeze and create slick roads.
—Saphora Smith, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2021
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Freezing, thawing, then refreezing over and over again will cause the flour to go bad over time.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 20 July 2023
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Overnight temperatures sunk to the 30s and even high 20s in some areas, and roads that were wet overnight could refreeze.
—oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2022
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Any leftover moisture on the roads will refreeze leaving a few slick spots.
—Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2022
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The study suggests that Greenland’s lakes don’t always refreeze in the winter.
—Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2021
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To freeze fresh fish, wrap in moisture- and vapor-proof packaging and store for 3 to 6 months (never refreeze fish).
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2022
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As the avalanche comes to a rest, this liquid can quickly refreeze again, locking the snowpack in place like concrete.
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
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Sea ice is frozen ocean water that melts each summer, then refreezes each winter.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
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This past week, Guenther said, the sea ice in the Arctic was struggling to refreeze—another scary feedback loop.
—Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2020
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Any wet or slushy areas will refreeze, so use caution driving and walking.
—Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2022
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Last week came the news that the Arctic is stubbornly refusing to refreeze at its normal rate as the long northern night descends.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2020
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On Alaska’s North Slope, oil producers now use cooling rods to refreeze the melting permafrost on which their rigs sit.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2020
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Subfreezing temperatures can refreeze the snowmelt and turn roads into a sheet of ice.
—Dennis Mersereau, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2019
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Any standing water or moisture has the potential to refreeze overnight as temps dip into the 20s, the weather service warned.
—Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2022
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Any lingering wet or slushy areas from snowfall during the day will refreeze.
—Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
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Reheating is just as delicate: if the coral is warmed too slowly, melting ice can refreeze and tear through the cells’ outer membranes.
—Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
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Reheating is just as delicate: If the coral is warmed too slowly, melting ice can refreeze and tear through the cells’ outer membranes.
—WIRED, 11 Nov. 2023
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Further east, areas like Troutdale are less likely to refreeze.
—oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2021
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This mechanism applies equally to breaking up a mass of ice in the storage area of a home ice machine, which can melt and refreeze over time, fusing together.
—Popular Science, 25 Feb. 2021
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Any melting seen on Friday will refreeze by Saturday AM.
—Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2022
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Any melting will quickly refreeze leading to very slippery roads, sidewalks and parking lots.
—Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2021
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Though snowfall has paused for now, strong winds continue to damage trees and power lines while low temperatures overnight caused slushy areas to refreeze overnight, per the Post.
—Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
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Icy roads, slick sidewalks and lane closures are expected to stick around this weekend as temperatures drop into the 20s overnight Friday — causing the snow that’s still on the ground to refreeze.
—oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2023
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If the number of consecutive days cold enough to keep ice solid dwindles, this would accelerate the freeze, thaw and refreeze yo-yo that streets already endure.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2021
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Temperatures will dip back down to the low 20s and high teens, refreezing any melt from Friday and possibly making side streets even more treacherous.
—oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2023
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And there’s another problem: Water from melting ice may simply run back and refreeze elsewhere.
—Hui Hu, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2021
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Flat floes of sea ice with fresh snow on top, areas of open water that are beginning to refreeze, and neighboring smaller icebergs, are all visible in the photograph.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2018
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