cold water

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Cut off from historic higher elevation cold-water spawning grounds by the Shasta and Keswick dams, the fish have been stranded for decades in the Sacramento River — where warm water routinely cooks their eggs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

In major cities, middle-class reformers opened settlement houses for poor immigrants, enacted housing codes to ban cold-water tenements and set up free public schools.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025

While many people may be aware of the dangers of entering the Thames, other waterways can also be dangerous: strong currents, sudden drops, hidden hazards and cold-water shock can affect even the strongest swimmers.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

Since 2018 the 48-year-old has spun yarns including a Hollywood-style sign on a mountain to a nudist cold-water swimming club at a lake.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

Her first, blatantly martyred chore was to turn on the cold-water tap.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger