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froze

American  
[frohz] / froʊz /

verb

  1. simple past tense of freeze.

  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of freeze.

froze British  
/ frəʊz /

verb

  1. the past tense of freeze

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The 1959 Antarctic Treaty froze existing territorial claims and prohibited the assertion of new claims “while the present Treaty is in force.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Sophie felt something bad was going to happen and her body froze in fear.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

A number of Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis froze in the middle of traffic in a major Chinese city, forcing passengers to abandon the vehicles, and raising questions over the safety of self-driving cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

After a rush on supermarkets in the first days of the war, Kuwaiti authorities froze the prices of certain basic products and subsidised meat imports.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

All over Fernlight, animals froze, looked toward Deadwood, and thought, Hesterfowl’s premonition is coming to pass.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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