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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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The Trump administration's decision to thaw U.S. ties with Russia is a blow to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been trying to forge a new relationship with Trump despite a challenging history that dates back to Trump's first term and Ukraine's role in his impeachment.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
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On February 10 of this year—the Monday after the memo restricting those rates went up—yet another federal judge issued yet another temporary restraining order that again instructed the NIH to thaw its funding freeze.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
19 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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The pieces had varying levels of meteoritic iron, suggesting it was mixed in and smelted with local iron, then made into the jewelry, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
20 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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“Unfreeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreeze. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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