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was icing

  • past progressive
    of ice.
    ice
    noun
    the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.

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“The City Section championship was icing on the cake,” El Camino Real coach Josh Lienhard said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2025

“And also for myself, my goal was always to get back to this game, and doing it in the same year that I gave birth was icing on the cake.”

From Washington Post Oct. 27, 2022

“Selling the company to Elon Musk was icing on the cake of a much longer track record of decisions by higher ups in the company showing safety wasn’t prioritized,” one employee says.

From The Verge Sep. 2, 2022

Everything else was icing on the wedding cake, so to speak.

From Slate Feb. 10, 2022

Even the mud was icing up about the edges, Theon saw.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin