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  • The freeze-up came on when we were at the mouth of Henderson Creek, and we traded him off for two sacks of flour to an outfit that was bound up White River after copper.

    That Spot 2010

  • That the freeze-up might come any day was patent, and delays of safety were no longer considered.

    LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES 2010

  • Both I and my Daughter's systems have seen Mozilla Firefox go from perfect to frequent freeze-up, "Can't Find Server", or "Time Out" for the last few months AND after we changed to a new ISP (but different between us, Cox & Verizon).

    Personal Tech Live with Rob Pegoraro Rob Pegoraro 2010

  • By the fourth day, the hundred boats had increased to three hundred, and the two thousand argonauts on board knew that the great gale heralded the freeze-up of Le Barge.

    LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES 2010

  • Dawson City a thousand men, with dog-teams, were waiting the freeze-up to come out over the ice.

    LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES 2010

  • Unlike then, when erratic U.S. policies and the belated sudden discovery that mortgage-backed securities were tainted caused a market freeze-up, the euro-debt crisis is no surprise guest.

    A Political Solution for the Euro? George Melloan 2011

  • The latent heat being pumped into the air is continuing to fuel the Arctic heat wave and clearly impeding the freeze-up of Hudson's Bay and Davis Strait.

    Dr. Reese Halter: Wild Weather Unleashed as Arctic Thaws Dr. Reese Halter 2011

  • The latent heat being pumped into the air is continuing to fuel the Arctic heat wave and clearly impeding the freeze-up of Hudson's Bay and Davis Strait.

    Dr. Reese Halter: Wild Weather Unleashed as Arctic Thaws Dr. Reese Halter 2011

  • Isla Fisher is the voice of Miss Beans, a spunky, bug-eyed heroine with a freeze-up affliction that could be petit mal.

    Lizard Tale 'Rango': Clever, Coldblooded Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • We started for the Klondike in the fall rush of 1897, and we started too late to get over Chilcoot Pass before the freeze-up.

    That Spot 2010

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