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Last month the Royal College of GPs and the BMA said some practices are freezing recruitment and scaling back on the use of temporary staff cover in the face of severe financial challenges.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

"We need priorities for hospitals, schools anything like that but we've also got people out in the countryside who are freezing to death, I'm sad to say," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024

Spokane Transit Authority will provide free rides to anyone who indicates they are traveling to a shelter while temperatures are freezing.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Both sides have said they are freezing lengthy talks on a potential trade deal.

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2023

A woman complains her children are freezing with the cold and couldn’t Coffey and Kane bloody well hurry up with their tea.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt