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[kohld] / koʊld /




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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

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

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

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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