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Recent Examples of unfreezeIn the lead-up to last week’s sales, some of the same executives gamely suggested that the supply pipeline had unfrozen.—Tim F. Schneider, New York Times, 19 May 2025 In March, the high court refused to halt a lower court's ruling that required the administration to unfreeze about $1.9 billion in foreign aid payments.—April Rubin, Axios, 4 Apr. 2025 The nonprofit Climate United sued the administration this weekend to unfreeze a $7 billion federal grant awarded by the Biden administration, using money Congress appropriated, that will fund clean energy and solar projects around the nation.—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025 That’s low enough to unfreeze trade but high enough to still cause price increases.—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unfreeze
If frozen, thaw overnight in the refrigerator before using.
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Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
16 July 2025
With such a long history of environmental engagement and this recent overture from the DPRK, the timing may well be opportune for the United States and its allies to use environmental and science diplomacy channels to thaw relations with the DPRK.
The ore, extracted and crushed, is further processed, shipped, smelted in a blast furnace, transformed into steel, then taken to assembly lines, where it is shaped into appliances and automobiles.
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Tim Gruber,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
Most virgin steel requires a blast furnace that uses coal to smelt iron ore into iron.
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Cameron Pugh,
Christian Science Monitor,
12 May 2025
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