as in reward
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as in ensuring
to make sure, certain, or safe
with that win, the team has pretty much iced a spot in the play-offs
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as in murdering
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to put to death deliberately
that gang leader wouldn't hesitate to ice anyone who tries to invade his turf
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Recent Examples of icing
Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Red buttercream Santa hats and edible white glitter were the icing on the (literal) cake.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Add a chrome dusting over a yellow base for a crisp lemon icing effect, or consider a cat-eye polish to turn your nails into liquid gold.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Just to recap, Dach had the puck in overtime in the neutral zone but failed to gain the red line before flipping the puck down the ice to get a change, being forced to stay on the ice when that puck crossed the Lightning goal line for an icing.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Red buttercream Santa hats and edible white glitter were the icing on the (literal) cake.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
Tage Thompson tallied and set up a power-play marker by Rasmus Dahlin, with Sam Carrick notching a goal in between and Zach Benson, who added an assist, icing the game late.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Add a chrome dusting over a yellow base for a crisp lemon icing effect, or consider a cat-eye polish to turn your nails into liquid gold.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icing
Noun
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Our expert take The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express is a low-fee card with generous cash-back rewards and useful ongoing benefits, such as a monthly Disney Bundle credit.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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Regina's mom, Lacella Holbrook, spent the following 10 years advocating for her daughter with billboards and newspaper ads that offered rewards up to $20,000 for information that led to her daughter's killer.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Our collective ethos guided us to develop our ecosystem equitably, ensuring that communities across the Quantum Prairie would reap dividends.—
David Awschalom,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, has defended his stance on ensuring there is due process for House members, telling reporters last week that representatives should not be removed based only on allegations.—
Ana Ceballos
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Some progressives have cheered Luigi Mangione for murdering Brian Thompson, a health-care CEO.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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The unsealed indictment formally charges Bowen with murdering Metayer Bowen with a firearm and tampering with evidence.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Catholic Charities received $11 million from HHS in fiscal year 2025, according to federal spending data, but the award ended as of March 31.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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However, federal law requires that judges review arbitration awards with a high degree of deference and should only vacate them if there’s an extraordinary defect, such as the award was procured by fraud or the arbitrator failed to consider relevant evidence or follow basic legal principles.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Agreements made publicly available in court battles and public record requests, such as for El Salvador, Rwanda and Eswatini, have included language assuring that countries uphold international law around protections for refugees and against torture.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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That grip is reinforced by a litany of electronic nannies, all of which translate to an assuring sense of control and eagerness to discover more of the Valhalla’s powerfully balletic nature.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Making a disgusting joke about assassinating the President #2.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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The furor around Kimmel comes seven months after ABC briefly suspended his talk show amid a controversy over his comments about the political motivations of the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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There has been a fringe benefit to Dunk’s time off.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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Rising Medicaid and fringe benefit costs and smaller-than-anticipated corporation tax receipts led Comptroller Sean Scanlon last week to project a $6 million operating deficit for this fiscal year.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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The outcome of competitive midterm elections remains uncertain, with historical precedent and current political conditions suggesting Democratic gains but not guaranteeing a decisive outcome that would require extraordinary constitutional measures.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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But plans changed when King and the Jackson Estate — which endorsed the project — were faced with a legal issue when a Jackson accuser who had a past settlement with the estate guaranteeing he would never be featured in a dramatization, objected.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Icing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icing. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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