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But through his Grand Ole Opry inflection constantly surfaces, like ice floes, the precision of Academe.
—Tom Burke, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
On July 31, 18 runners completed the marathon on an ice floe.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
The first polar bear sighted in Iceland since 2016, who traveled on an ice floe from Greenland, was shot dead.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
Already receding in the distance like our wayward penguin, or one of those sad-eyed polar bears drifting away on an ice floe, the model is doomed to a slow and lonely demise.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1819, in the meaning defined above
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“Ice floe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20floe. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
ice floe
noun
: a flat free mass of floating sea ice
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