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
A brutal cold spell has settled across much of the U.S., and it’s testing electric grids like never before.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 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
A cold spell had hit New Orleans, so that lying under the lamp that day was a comfortable experience.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
