froze

past tense of freeze

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Recent Examples of froze His changeup was paired alongside his curveball — which froze plenty of hitter —, and his fastball that helped set up the off-speed offerings. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 The car froze momentarily behind a truck parked illegally, causing other drivers to honk erratically. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025 Damascus called it separatist theater and froze the Paris track. Hassan Hassan, Time, 11 Oct. 2025 Everything froze in time until the ball crashed against the foul pole and kicked back into the playing field, making the stadium sound like the old place across the street sounded in the dynastic nineties. Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 Banking services froze, businesses ground to a halt, flights to and from major airports were canceled, money markets failed, and companies and aid groups lost contact with clients and staff. Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025 The government shutdown that began this week furloughed thousands of federal workers, froze essential government functions across the nation — and also halted an essential part of Florida’s booming real estate market. Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025 The Braun administration froze this organization's funds during the audit, but last week the IEDC board voted to allow Elevate to resume its investment activity. Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025 Higher interest rates and macroeconomic uncertainty coming out of the worst of the Covid pandemic nearly froze IPO and M & A activity in 2022. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for froze
Verb
  • If picked too early, before the skin has fully hardened, the squash may not be sweet and could be underdeveloped.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Around the same time, Israeli strikes on Damascus and continued clashes in Sweida hardened the idea, inside parts of the Kurdish movement, that the center could break.
    Hassan Hassan, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • McDaniel made the point that the Dolphins’ defensive line and run defense stiffened somewhat after struggling badly on the first drive.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Only on particularly bumpy tarmac did the GTS-spec suspension become too jarring with the adaptive dampers stiffened up in sport mode, but switching them to normal offered the best of both worlds—excellent, composed body control and tuning that ironed out imperfections remarkably well.
    Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Froze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/froze. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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