cold sweat
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Charles Green, Imran Ahmad, Derek Llambias, Barry Leach, David Somers - all these and more still have the capacity to make some on the current board break out in a cold sweat.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024
No wonder I woke up in a cold sweat.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2023
On most nights, I wake up in a pool of cold sweat.
From Slate • Oct. 25, 2022
"Even when I realise I am not in Kuta traffic, I can shake in fear, break out in a cold sweat and feel really scared."
From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022
I broke into a cold sweat, my eyes seeming to have become extremely sharp, causing each face to stand out vivid in its hostility.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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