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cold

[kohld] / koʊld /




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The cold temperatures of winter initially may have slowed the spread of infection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Math is meant to be cold and unemotional, but finances are not.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

In fact, I’ve been known to sneak a cold bite of the tomato alla vodka beans straight from the can.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

When enamel wears away, or gums recede, exposed dentin can make teeth particularly sensitive to hot, cold, sweet, or acidic foods and drinks.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

It was so hot the chunk of cold butter was almost fully melted by the time I’d salted it.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"Even inside the house, the smoke gets in. Honestly, since the haze, my body aches, as if I've been beaten up. The immune system is down. I get coughs and colds easily."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

"People get freshers flu or colds all the time in first year, so I got two medicines," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But that didn’t stop him publishing a book on vitamin C and colds in 1970.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

He grew up drinking hot water and boiling fruit for soups to combat colds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

To make matters worse, almost all of them had colds to some extent, and Don Hume’s seemed to be settling into his chest, becoming some-thing more worrisome than a case of the sniffles.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Professor Andrew Perez-Charlton, meteorologist at the University of Reading, said: "The typical response to a SSW is for colder and drier conditions over Europe and the UK."

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Europe is entering winter with gas storage at just 73% of capacity, well below the 10-year seasonal average of 90%, leaving the market vulnerable to colder weather and sharp price swings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

They suggest that colder water originating in the North Atlantic could eventually influence circulation around Antarctica, helping remove CO2 from the atmosphere and contributing to the global cooling associated with past ice ages.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Hot water takes up more room than colder water, causing sea levels to rise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The mist grew colder; it was on his clothes, something bitter and seeping.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

This supports the idea that the Iberian Peninsula, which includes present-day Spain and Portugal, served as an important refuge for prehistoric humans during some of the coldest conditions of the Ice Age.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

But they tend to be clustered in the areas exposed to the nation’s coldest temperatures, the agency noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The tech giant is building data centers in one of Europe's coldest countries.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

But analysts at the energy consultancy Cornwall Insight have forecast domestic energy prices could rise a further 9% in the new year, bringing renewed concern to households during the coldest months.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Their adventures began chiefly because it was one of the wettest and coldest summers there had been for years.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis


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