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Recent Examples of icebreaker
One tried to use it as an icebreaker.
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Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Aboard the icebreaker Araon, senior scientists set the research priorities.
—New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Sometime in the next week, another part of the team, working from the South Korean icebreaker RV Araon, aims to drop another cable, which a robot will traverse once a day, down to a rocky moraine in the Amundsen Sea.
—Christian Elliott, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Aqua Expeditions is bringing Aqua Lares, a former icebreaker reimagined as a superyacht, to the region.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Aboard the icebreaker Araon, senior scientists set the research priorities.
—New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Sometime in the next week, another part of the team, working from the South Korean icebreaker RV Araon, aims to drop another cable, which a robot will traverse once a day, down to a rocky moraine in the Amundsen Sea.
—Christian Elliott, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Aqua Expeditions is bringing Aqua Lares, a former icebreaker reimagined as a superyacht, to the region.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icebreaker
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With the help of your slow cooker, this elevated supper can be served any time.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
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Ground turkey makes these domed little beauties a healthy weeknight supper.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
3 Apr. 2026
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York helped row and tow the party’s barge, which was the size of a semi-truck trailer.—
Craig Fehrman,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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On July 28, Insua was operating a tugboat pushing a barge loaded with construction debris with a deckhouse and crane obstructing the vessel's front view, per the statement.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Bowie House also has added a Sunday tea in April and part of May.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
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The top tier were the healthiest plant foods — whole grains, fruits, vegetables, vegetable oils, nuts, legumes, and tea and coffee.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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Two batters later, Matt Chapman blasted a liner to deep left.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Higashioka's liner just over the wall in left field in the fifth put the Rangers in front 3-2 against George Kirby, who lost to Texas for the first time in 11 career starts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, the chamber held its inaugural member celebration as a Friday afternoon member social at Nestldown.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The playback followed a different tracklist than the one West first posted to socials; see that below, via @yeunrlsd.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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The protests have caused chaos as blockades at Ireland’s only oil refinery and several vital depots prevented tanker trucks from delivering fuel to service stations and more than a third of pumps ran dry.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the Khairpur, a Pakistani oil product tanker, was transiting through the Iranian corridor toward the Gulf after earlier changing course twice on Sunday.—
Weilun Soon,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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There was, like, an entire science lecture about lunar eclipses as well as a history symposium on cultures scared silly over the astrological event.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Apr. 2026
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But tonight , the story of FDR’s visit to Miami will be retold at a symposium at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in downtown Miami, a stone’s throw from the courthouse where Zangara was sentenced to die.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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There was no direct overland route, so cross-country mail got routed via steamship around South America.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Icebreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icebreaker. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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