as in heated
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molten metal molten lava
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The discovery of anorthosite — an ancient type of rock formed from cooling molten lava — in the lunar highlands suggested that, early in its history, the Moon had vast magma oceans.
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Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, molten salt flows through natural circulation, cooling the core.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
The very center of the planet, a solid ball of iron and nickel floating in a sea of molten rock, appears to be slowing down in relation to the movement of Earth itself.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
Currents of molten lava rose and collapsed like thick tongues of muddy ocean water, making a concussive sloshing sound that snapped and boomed.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, molten salt flows through natural circulation, cooling the core.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
The very center of the planet, a solid ball of iron and nickel floating in a sea of molten rock, appears to be slowing down in relation to the movement of Earth itself.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
Currents of molten lava rose and collapsed like thick tongues of muddy ocean water, making a concussive sloshing sound that snapped and boomed.
—Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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There are two main types of saunas: traditional heated and infrared.Parker Hall, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
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Christine's TikTok video has sparked a heated debate in its comments section, with some users saying $48 is too steep for a secondhand sweater regardless of its brand.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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This magma then pushed through the cracks in the rocks around it, cooling and crystallizing over millions of years to form Spruce Pine’s bounty of pegmatites—igneous rock that’s chock-full of quartz crystals.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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As the National Academies report explains, carbon-dioxide–rich fluids injected into basalt or peridotite formations (two kinds of igneous rock that make up much of the earth’s mantle) react with the rock, converting the dissolved carbon dioxide into solid carbon-containing minerals.Fred Krupp, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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This superheated environment leaves little room for serious consideration of the United States’ historical experience, beyond the easy and oversimplified analogy to the Vietnam War.Mark Atwood Lawrence, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2021
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With a radiation exposure that delivers roughly 1,000 joules per square centimeter, superheated regions developed on the asteroid, producing pressures of over 100 gigapascals (roughly a million times the atmospheric pressure at sea level).John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
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This helps explain why Gabbard elicits a seething hatred from people like Frum, Clinton, and Nichols.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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The posts linked a global network of agitators who have seized on the influx of migrants seeking political asylum or economic opportunity to build seething followings online.Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2024
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Carly Pearce favored a white-hot, monochrome look for her red carpet attire at the 2024 CMA Awards on Wednesday in Nashville.Julia Teti, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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With its 33 Raptor engines gulping 40,000 pounds of liquid oxygen and methane fuel per second, the Super Heavy-Starship majestically climbed away to the east over the Gulf of Mexico atop a brilliant plume of white-hot flame and a churning cloud of exhaust.William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Larry Kramer's searing indictment of mainstream media and the healthcare establishment in the early years of the AIDS crisis is as powerful as ever.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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Le Pen delivered a searing account of the political drama that had consumed the country since June 9th.Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
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Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molten. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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