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There are other towns in Slovakia that don’t have enough kids to fill their ice sheets.—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026 These organisms survived the rise and fall of ice sheets, the extinction of megafauna and the entire arc of human history — all while sitting in frozen silence beneath the Alaskan ground.—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026 The ideal curling surface involves an ice sheet that is pebbled, or treated with drops of water, which helps to decrease the friction the stone faces against the surface area of the ice.—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026 As the rock glided down the ice sheet, Casper and his teammates slowly started to come to grips with the reality of the situation.—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ice sheet