as in to freeze
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin
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Recent Examples of gel
But there are a couple other obvious reasons Miyagi-Do is flopping, one of which Sam and Devon can immediately diagnose: Johnny and Daniel are not gelling.
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
Do some team members gel better with your EA than others?
—Kenzie Biggins, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
That movement gelled into the Make Elections Fair Arizona Act, now on the ballot as Proposition 140.
—Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
His hair was gelled back with one loose forehead tendril, his signature retro quiff.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
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The dough also freezes very well for up to 3 months. 3.The View, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Bacon is equally inexpensive, and can be frozen for later.Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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As the fruits swelled with fluid, some of that fluid also flowed into the stem, thickening and stiffening it so that the dangling fruit lifted from a near-vertical hanging position to an angle of about 45 degrees.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Spritzing the end of the thread with hairspray will stiffen it just enough to be able to be threaded more easily, but keeps enough flexibility to be used.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
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The depths are a swirl of tapioca, agar-agar and basil seeds like a hundred tiny eyes, jellied on the outside with a crunch within.Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 24 May 2018
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From here, the longest run in the region is a leg-jellying 15 kilometer, 2,000-meter descent back down to Gaislachkogl.CNN, CNN, 26 Oct. 2017
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Eric liked the idea of collaborating with others, but his collaborations never really jelled.Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Afterwards, the running back spoke about how the team has jelled in recent weeks.Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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As a preventative course of treatment, people with the blood disorder receive weekly injections of factor IX to enable their blood to coagulate, said GOSH.Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK, theweek, 27 June 2024
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The rest of the Big Ten’s bowl teams are likely to be clumped together at 7-5 or 6-6.Austin Meek, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
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Misshapen tau proteins then clump together, forming aggregates within the cell.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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The film dramatically recreates many terrifyingly visceral details of war: blood congealing on faces facing a campfire, birds devouring the eyes of a corpse, a woman walking into a fire that would consume her.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Some thunderstorms may initially develop separately from one another only to ultimately congeal and form powerful lines that deliver greater wind damage.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 26 June 2024
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Goldenseal and Blood Clotting Medications Goldenseal supplements can interact with some medications, including clotting medicines.Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
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East Coast port workers on verge of strike for first time in 47 years The International Longshoremen's Association is gearing up for what could be the East Coast's first major port strike since 1977, when the United States' Atlantic ports were clotted up for seven weeks.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gel. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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