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cold

[kohld] / koʊld /




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I’ll either make an iced Americano with a little bit of almond milk or a cold brew.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

A conventional heat engine normally relies on separate hot and cold environments.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Japan's Meteorological Agency said the most recent deluge was brought by warm, humid air flowing into the country's east that combined with cold air above to make atmospheric conditions extremely unstable.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

That's when cold water can cause a sudden heart attack by increasing your heart rate, or making you gasp for breath and inhaling water directly into the lungs, leading to drowning.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

I’ve been disassembled, my insides on the cold concrete porch.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

But this wasn’t a World Cup for the purists—or for anyone convinced that air conditioning gives you colds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

Flu and certain other diseases that cause colds and sore throats spread more easily in the winter months.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2025

Other studies have suggested that even 400 IU per day may help prevent common infections such as colds.

From Science Daily Oct. 22, 2025

“Mr. Grayson,” Bat said, “did you know that gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses?”

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

That raises the spectre of both supply difficulties and prices remaining well above pre-crisis levels, just as colder Continental weather drives up demand.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

“If you change the environment, you change the vegetation, the climate is warmer or colder, it affects these animals directly,” Cruz said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

This intensified circulation caused the thermocline, the boundary between warmer surface water and colder deep water, to become shallower across the Atlantic.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

That’s a reference to how it would be darker and colder on winter mornings for children walking to their bus stops and schools.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The farther away they got, the colder I felt inside.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

They tend to operate during the coldest or hottest hours, when demand for electricity skyrockets and the power grid is stressed, said Form’s chief executive and co-founder, Mateo Jaramillo.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

As one of the coldest planetary-mass companions ever directly imaged, it is so faint that scientists have struggled to analyze its light from Earth.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

As well as snow, last week also brought the UK its coldest May conditions for nearly 30 years.

From BBC May 9, 2026

“This happened in the coldest way possible: DA Form 3434 stated that my last day as ombudsman for Stars and Stripes is April 28,” she wrote.

From Salon May 3, 2026

Kira saw ice very seldom, only occasionally in the very coldest months when sleet struck the village, breaking tree branches, and the river froze near its banks.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry




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