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Which actor was nicknamed "The King of Cool"?

cool

[kool] / kul /




VERB
reduce temperature, chill down
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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On the roof, Waddy checks on hundreds of condensers arranged in neat rows to help cool the facility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Speaking of the other sailors on the boat, he said, “I would think that the overwhelming majority would be like, Jackson, you got a cool dad.”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

"It's going to be really cool to see how they handle pressure as well. I think the Red Roses are very good around pressure because I think it reveals how much they care".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Fed raised rates to cool inflation, but it takes time for changes in policy to affect the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Once, on a cool night, I imagined we were talking in her dark room again.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

The latest unemployment reading from August was 4.1% — which is still a relatively low figure from a historical perspective, but it’s a cooler job market than previous years, particularly for recent college graduates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Ejectees often wear their ties at airshows and other military functions, like a way cooler version of a fraternity sweater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Temperature anomaly charts from different ends of the week as the cooler air moves in.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

In this scenario, dense, water-rich portions of Earth's cooler outer crust periodically sagged downward and collapsed into the hotter mantle, transporting water with them.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Out of the sun’s glare, it was instantly cooler, and there was a soft breeze too.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

"Radial glia are the coolest cells that have ever existed," said Aparna Bhaduri, an assistant professor of biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Definitely the coolest sound healing experience I’ve been to,” said Kenny Mayo, 35, after the sound bath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Among the more popular indicators monitored by Wall Street’s technical strategists, the “Hindenburg Omen” definitely has the coolest name.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

"It's the best film for that market and it's the coolest festival so we're very excited about it."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

She knew the coolest bits of’80s trivia—stuff you couldn’t learn from books or movies.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

There will be little relief at night, when the region usually cools down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

As it rises, it expands and cools, allowing the moisture it carries to condense, forming large clouds.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The artificial-intelligence data-center build-out is boosting copper demand just as supply tightens — a combination that could keep pushing the metal higher, even if the debasement trade cools.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Companies have slowed hiring and total payrolls shrank last month as demand for labor cools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

My Vigor cools to speak of him, so girt is he in Solemnity — Helm and Hauberk — with only the Eyes peering out through the gloomy Visor.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Mercury, the smallest planet and the one closest to the Sun, appears to have cooled relatively quickly.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Many firms hedge against rising fuel prices, and oil prices cooled over the summer before their most recent spike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

But the one part of the market that has cooled are so-called momentum stocks, whose precise definitions vary but basically are bets that fast-rising stocks will continue to gain ground.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Seven months have passed and tensions have cooled somewhat.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The air had cooled in a matter of seconds.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

It added: "This includes allowing the storage of fridge and cooling equipment on temporary sites provided certain conditions set out by the Environment Agency are met."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The central bank expects 2026 inflation to come in at 2.03% before cooling in 2027 to 1.83%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Older data centers did rely heavily on evaporative cooling, much like an outdated car relied on a carburetor.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The collision is thought to have thrown enormous amounts of dust and debris into the atmosphere, reducing sunlight and contributing to a dramatic period of cooling known as an impact winter.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Not very stealthily, I sucked in a cooling breath and then swallowed the hot chocolate as fast as I could.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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