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Recent Examples of unfreeze
If they are squeezed tight enough, Russia’s elites may come to decide that Putin can no longer guarantee their future interests and try to replace him with a leader who would withdraw from Ukraine and prompt the West to unfreeze their assets.
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2022
She was instructed to press Ctrl + Shift + Esc, unfreezing her computer, but the instructions didn’t stop there.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
And this group of 15 actors would freeze and unfreeze at the same time without anybody saying anything.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
The next conflict to unfreeze could be one that the outside world has all but forgotten—but that has the potential, like Syria, to draw outside powers into confrontations none of them want.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2022
She was instructed to press Ctrl + Shift + Esc, unfreezing her computer, but the instructions didn’t stop there.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
And this group of 15 actors would freeze and unfreeze at the same time without anybody saying anything.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
The next conflict to unfreeze could be one that the outside world has all but forgotten—but that has the potential, like Syria, to draw outside powers into confrontations none of them want.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfreeze
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Missing Stuffed Animal Reunited with 6-Year-Old Owner After Being Found at Airport Baggage Claim After the last few weeks of freezing temperatures, Franklin Lake was covered in about 4 inches of ice, and due to warmer temperatures, the ice had thawed, WABC-TV reports.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Embrace the quietude, the great value, and the unique ambience of springtime by spending your weekend in a thawing ski town.—
Miles Howard,
AFAR Media,
6 Feb. 2025
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Another said deputies used a blowtorch to melt metal onto his skin.—
Jerry Mitchell,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Stainless steel is durable and easy to clean, however consider glass for tasks like melting butter in the microwave.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
21 Feb. 2025
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Trump has criticized Newsom’s administration for opposing his water management plans on the grounds of protecting the Delta smelt, an endangered species of fish.—
Joseph Lawler,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
10 Feb. 2025
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Regulations to prevent the delta smelt from going extinct have nothing to do with LA’s catastrophic fires.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Unfreeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreeze. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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