cold wave
Example Sentences
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“Parts of Asia, including northwest China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan are set to be hit by a cold wave, which threatens to push demand for heating higher,” analysts at ANZ Research say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
No fatalities from the latest cold wave have been reported.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
India's weather department has said that the cold wave is likely to persist for the next couple of days.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024
The most recent major wave-4 iteration brought a February 2021 cold wave to much of Canada, the United States and even northern Mexico.
From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023
I remembered old footage of the ill-fated Hindenburg docking to the top of what looked like a radio tower—a structure not so different from this—and felt a cold wave of dread pass through me.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
