cold one

Example Sentences

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Basically, I need the ghost of Earl Weaver to bring me a hot dog and a cold one and scream at me to pay attention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

A hot, dry stretch following a rainy, cold one is fairly typical in springtime in mid-latitude regions such as Southern California, Hall said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Another formula towards which I gravitate: one hot side, one cold, one green, one beige.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

The AI trade, too, may find a comfortable ground between too hot and too cold, one that allows the market to continue its winning ways.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

When it came, finally, it stopped him cold, one hand on the top of the hatch.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen