cold
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The UK's armed forces have dwindled since the end of the cold war.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
I dashed cold water on that speculation last March .
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It’s a good way not to think about the inevitability of the clouds and cold returning, and to enjoy hummingbirds and other winged neighbors up close instead of through a clammy windowpane.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Some are by amateur forensic analysts and would-be internet sleuths with podcast names like The Murder Men that dissect the killing as if it’s a 1980s cold case.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
I prefer geeking out on Nintendo or practicing guitar over spending a cold night at a football game.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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
It is also included in a wide range of over-the-counter products for colds, flu, sinus symptoms, and menstrual discomfort.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2026
Vitamin C has long been sold as a winter essential, but according to Dr McCartney, the evidence simply isn't strong enough to recommend it when it comes to fighting off colds.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
When we catch colds, they shake their heads in disgust at our lack of consideration.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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Similarly, while La Niña brings drier and hotter weather in the south, it can create wetter and colder conditions in the northern U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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
Britain and parts of northern Europe were pushed back towards colder, more hostile conditions for more than a thousand years.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Paiva said colder landing sites may help keep exhaust molecules more localized than warmer regions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
Her hands closed tight on my wrists, colder than the snow, stronger than steel.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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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
He would study maps and globes, picturing the people and animals who call the coldest reaches of the Earth home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 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
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan was renowned for working in some of the coldest and most extreme environments in the world.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
The air was coldest at this hour, a couple of hours before dawn.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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