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Noun
Waddington is notorious for its fickle weather—the peak is regularly hit by storms off the Pacific Ocean that freeze the summit in rime ice.—Corbin Reiff, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024 The weather briefing included information about moderate icing between Carrizo Springs and Bridgeport and light rime ice between 4,000 and 6,000 feet in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to the report.—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024 The heavy stream of precipitation at such high elevations means that water droplets soon freeze into thick ice called rime ice, which has to be knocked off manually and can take many hours to clear.—Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023 Soon the steam from my breath had pushed up to my eyelashes and forehead, creating bright white rime in my hair, eyelashes, and cheeks.—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022 At the heart of Owens Lake, there is still water — it’s just super salty and capped by a mineral rime.—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022 Chunks of ice, rime, and andesite peel off cliff bands and pelt climbers, especially in warm conditions.—Outside Online, 29 May 2022 Experience soon established the prevalence of propeller-icing hazards and the extraordinary tenacity of rime-ice formations.—Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2021 In this case, each bit of rime sparked a new crystal to form.—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021
The same color, but at a 50 percent saturation, also coats the house's exterior.
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Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Jan. 2025
Pennies used to be made entirely of copper but the government switched to producing pennies that were 98 percent zinc and just coated in copper after the coins began disappearing when Americans began hoarding them to be repurposed as copper washers.
In the Mecklenburg County jail, he was accused of assaulting guards, breaking sprinklers, and smearing feces on his cell walls.
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Kallie Cox,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
The peanut pesto smearing the fish hits all the flavor notes: umami from the fish sauce, caramelly sweetness from the brown sugar, and brightness from the lime juice.
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