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The bergs, shaped like the long, narrow geometric blocks that descend in the game Tetris, rolled off the edge of the ice shelf and into the ocean to reveal their cross sections of blue glacial ice.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2012
Though residents of the nearby bergs of Eden, Liberty and Huntsville were offered a chance to jump the season-pass line last spring, that offer won’t stand going forward.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
Since 1914, the patrol has monitored bergs in the North Atlantic and distributed the information to mariners.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 23 June 2023
And, that’s before riding out onto the lake to check out the bergs.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
Luckman, who previously published an animation of the berg's movements, wrote on his blog.
—Fox News, 7 Feb. 2020
Just over Spoth’s shoulder a mile-wide tabular iceberg slides past, revealing the piercing cobalt at the berg’s cold center.
—Elizabeth Rush, National Geographic, 7 Mar. 2019
Still, there’s nothing easy about dragging a berg weighing 100 million tons or so through the Antarctic Ocean’s high waves.
—Steve Mollman, Quartz, 8 June 2019
This will cause an ice berg measuring between 580 and 660 sq mi (1500 - 1700 sq km) and up to 820 feet (250 m) thick to break free from the Antarctic continent into the Weddell Sea.
—Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1818, in the meaning defined above
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“Berg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/berg. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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