cold spell
Example Sentences
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During a cold spell, students from warmer states are 14.6% less likely to apply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Enduring the longest cold spell of his career, Betts was forced to retool.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Winter Storm Fern, the massive snow and ice storm that marked the start of the cold spell on Jan. 22, caused power outages for more than one million households.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
The cold spell upends what had actually been a tepid winter, which along with rising Appalachia and Permian gas production, has driven what’s still a 32% decline in natural gas prices from their December peak.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
They’d pile all this into a huge bed and sleep on until the cold spell blew over.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
