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Shortly after taking to the ice, the bear broke loose from its leash and went barreling, spinning, slipping, and sliding all around the rink before he was finally restrained and sedated. Needless to say, that act was put on ice.

2001, Dan Diamond, James Duplacey, Eric Zweig, “The Bus Leagues—Life in the Minors”, in Hockey Stories On and Off the Ice, Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 104

The agency's dry dock project was on ice. Begun as a routine construction job, the project was now also an archaeological site and, ominously, a resting place for an unknown number of human remains.

2009, Lynda V. Mapes, “This Ground Speaks”, in Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village, Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 139

He [Jacques Parizeau] told the press: "We're not saying never, but that project is on ice for quite a while"[…].

2010, “Coon Come, Matthew”, in Bruce E[lliott] Johansen, editor, Native Americans Today: A Biographical Dictionary, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 60

But after a public consultation, the three closures were put on ice and the reductions in opening hours revised at many stations [...].

2022 April 6, Conrad Landin, “ScotRail in the public eye...”, in RAIL, number 954, page 39

Celebs flocked to the House of Mouse on ice this weekend! Many celeb parents including Christina Aguilera, Armie Hammer, Mila Kunis, Jordana Brewster, Vanessa Lachey and more brought their kids and slid on over to the Staples Center in Los Angeles over the weekend to attend Disney On Ice: Follow Your Heart at Staples Center.

2017 December 17, Meg Swertlow, “Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé and More Stars Step Out with Their Kids for Disney on Ice”, in E! Online, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2017

[Frederick] Bohen later reflected that "when she [[Millicent] Fenwick] came out against the pardon as strongly as she did, I think that put the election on ice.

2003, Amy Schapiro, “A Geriatric Triumph”, in Millicent Fenwick: Her Way, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 143

With [Tug] McGraw on the mound against a left-handed batter, this time Ed Ott, and the bases again loaded, Ott put the game on ice by belting another grand slam off the beleaguered pitcher.

2005, Bill Ranier, David Finoli, “The Regular Season”, in When the Bucs Won It All: The 1979 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 33