as in to freeze
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin
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Recent Examples of gel
For example, Ciara wore gelled brows, light lip liner, and bronze eyeshadow to the Willy Chavarria front row, ending the week in sultry neutrals.
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Sep. 2024
There’s a sizable B-plot featuring Jodie Turner-Smith’s Gracie — a Bahamian woman suffering a crisis of faith regarding how best to abide by her grandmother’s African religion — that never gels with the bright white A-story.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
There were concerns ahead of the Olympics that such a star-laden US team might have trouble gelling and performing as well as the national teams who are more used to playing together.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
While the team has been gelling – Hayes and multiple players described good vibes being prominent in the locker room as the trip to France will likely be an intense period of bonding for the veterans and younger players.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 25 July 2024
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India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Sep. 2024
There’s a sizable B-plot featuring Jodie Turner-Smith’s Gracie — a Bahamian woman suffering a crisis of faith regarding how best to abide by her grandmother’s African religion — that never gels with the bright white A-story.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
There were concerns ahead of the Olympics that such a star-laden US team might have trouble gelling and performing as well as the national teams who are more used to playing together.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
While the team has been gelling – Hayes and multiple players described good vibes being prominent in the locker room as the trip to France will likely be an intense period of bonding for the veterans and younger players.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 25 July 2024
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However, Boeing refused to meet strikers’ demand to restore a company pension plan that was frozen nearly a decade ago.David Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Place them back on the baking sheet and freeze for 15 minutes to firm up the chocolate.Jillian Kubala, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Certainly, the competition level stiffened recently with Indiana and Ohio State handing the Cornhuskers losses in their two most recent games.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Once the lens stiffens, it cannot be made more supple again.Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
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The depths are a swirl of tapioca, agar-agar and basil seeds like a hundred tiny eyes, jellied on the outside with a crunch within.Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 24 May 2018
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From here, the longest run in the region is a leg-jellying 15 kilometer, 2,000-meter descent back down to Gaislachkogl.CNN, CNN, 26 Oct. 2017
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Eric liked the idea of collaborating with others, but his collaborations never really jelled.Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Afterwards, the running back spoke about how the team has jelled in recent weeks.Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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As a preventative course of treatment, people with the blood disorder receive weekly injections of factor IX to enable their blood to coagulate, said GOSH.Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK, theweek, 27 June 2024
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And when calcium salt is used to coagulate it, tofu is very high in calcium.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2024
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Misshapen tau proteins then clump together, forming aggregates within the cell.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The team designed mounts that hold up to four iPhones clumped together.Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2024
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The film dramatically recreates many terrifyingly visceral details of war: blood congealing on faces facing a campfire, birds devouring the eyes of a corpse, a woman walking into a fire that would consume her.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Some thunderstorms may initially develop separately from one another only to ultimately congeal and form powerful lines that deliver greater wind damage.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 26 June 2024
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Goldenseal and Blood Clotting Medications Goldenseal supplements can interact with some medications, including clotting medicines.Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
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East Coast port workers on verge of strike for first time in 47 years The International Longshoremen's Association is gearing up for what could be the East Coast's first major port strike since 1977, when the United States' Atlantic ports were clotted up for seven weeks.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gel. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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