cold-blooded
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"Insects are cold-blooded, so they are at the mercy of external temperatures," said Northwestern's Marco Gallio, who led the study.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Stalin “possessed both an uncontrollable temper and extraordinary willpower. He was capable of bewildering recklessness and cold-blooded displays of control.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
But there’s a biological reason: Sea turtles are cold-blooded, and don’t heal as fast as creatures with warm blood pumping through their veins.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
He said the Croatian journalist was trying to "present me as a monster, as an inhuman, as someone who not only has no emotions, but is a cold-blooded murderer".
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
“Do you leave me sucking my thumbs? Let Morgant, that black-bearded, cold-blooded, slippery-scaled pike, play rear guard!”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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