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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
Michael Russo, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Gomez’s glam was the icing on the cozy cake.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2025
Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
With Wild players going to the penalty box late in the first and second periods, Minnesota kept the Flyers off the board and kept the crowd out of the game by consistently icing the puck, and with Wallstedt smothering pucks in and around the crease.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
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Noun
But in the third, with the Penguins starting to hem the Wild into their zone, Matt Boldy, who has one goal in the past eight games, threw an errant pass for an icing.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
Gomez’s glam was the icing on the cozy cake.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Wolverines took the lead on Jordan Marshall’s 14-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter before icing the game in the fourth.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
With Wild players going to the penalty box late in the first and second periods, Minnesota kept the Flyers off the board and kept the crowd out of the game by consistently icing the puck, and with Wallstedt smothering pucks in and around the crease.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icing
Noun
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Though Eve uses a rewards chart, Darling is conscious of the importance of providing opportunities not just for verbal reinforcement and positive feedback, but also self-reflection.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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And because credit card companies finance credit card rewards, lower interchange fees may mean fewer perks.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The main challenges include aligning climate finance commitments between developed and developing countries, addressing the socio-economic impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations and ensuring that emission reduction targets are consistent with the latest climate science.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Johnson, Evans and Pascal – and while certainly thoughtful, the film's strengths are upended by a mood-murdering melancholy.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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In the worst killing spree in Germany’s post-war history, a former nurse was jailed in 2019 for life for murdering 85 of his patients.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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On Monday, he was posthumously named a national hero of Indonesia – prompting protests from human rights groups and victims who decried the award as whitewashing a repressive regime that left hundreds of thousands dead, according to historians.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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While the film earned numerous accolades, including a Film Independent Spirit win and a Sundance Film Festival directing award, the experience of being both filmmaker’s and subject left him drained.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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The band released a statement assuring that Arcade Fire will continue despite the breakup.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Commerce and Civil Aviation Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said a probe had been launched to determine the cause of the fire, while assuring businesses that the firefighting response had been immediate—with 37 units deployed to control the blaze.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus a month ago today, has asked a judge for permission to wear civilian clothes in court and to appear without shackles and cuffs.—
Michael Ruiz , Lee Ross,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Casual killings at point-blank range, vicious motorcycle jackings, tossing someone off a building, assassinating the actual Mark Cuban (playing himself) — this, in the movie, is what the good guys do.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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The monthly limit for the qualified transportation fringe benefit and the monthly limitation for qualified parking are $340.—
Dan Avery,Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
9 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg Tax anticipates that the exemption amounts will look like this in 2026: Fringe Benefits—Transportation In 2026, the monthly limitation for the qualified transportation fringe benefit for transportation in a commuter highway vehicle and any transit pass is $340.—
KELLY PHILLIPS ERB,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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For example, as part of its agreement with OpenAI, Nvidia has reportedly discussed guaranteeing loans the startup would use to build its own data centers—a move that could leave the chipmaker on the hook for billions in debt if OpenAI can’t repay.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Eight weeks into the 2025 college football season, a number of coaches have been fired with clauses in their contracts guaranteeing them more than $150 million combined to stay away from their former team’s sidelines.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Icing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icing. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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