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Recent Examples of unfreeze
Days after signing the grant contract, KSUT received a stop-work order after FEMA halted spending, which CPB unsuccessfully sued to unfreeze.
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Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
That does not include presidential pressure on educational institutions, including Columbia University, which paid a $221 million fine to settle the federal government’s claims against it and unfreeze federal funding.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2025
Beshear joined a lawsuit in his official capacity, alongside numerous other states, to unfreeze the funding, which was appropriated by Congress in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2025
Advertisement The Kremlin also asked for the lifting of Western sanctions, protection for Russian speakers in Ukraine, and a resolution to unfreeze the $300 billion in Russian sovereign assets that are currently being held in Europe, Reuters reports.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 10 Aug. 2025
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Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
That does not include presidential pressure on educational institutions, including Columbia University, which paid a $221 million fine to settle the federal government’s claims against it and unfreeze federal funding.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2025
Beshear joined a lawsuit in his official capacity, alongside numerous other states, to unfreeze the funding, which was appropriated by Congress in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2025
Advertisement The Kremlin also asked for the lifting of Western sanctions, protection for Russian speakers in Ukraine, and a resolution to unfreeze the $300 billion in Russian sovereign assets that are currently being held in Europe, Reuters reports.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfreeze
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Relations between the two countries have been thawing since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in September sharing a vision of being partners not rivals.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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Frozen foods were improperly thawing at room temperature inside the two-door upright cooler.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 14,
Sacbee.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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With temperatures climbing above freezing and sunny skies melting half the structure, they were forced to start over entirely.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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But the physical location of the island on the map — and the sea ice melting around its borders — is also of vital importance.—
Tucker Reals,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Unfreeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreeze. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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