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[kohld] / koʊld /




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It was an unusually intense mobilization around an ingredient whose primary job is ordinarily to provide a little cold crunch between seasoned beef and sour cream.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Bachteler moved from San Diego to join Burnley's coaching staff in December 2025 and after a few weeks she thought jet lag and a busy schedule had led to a common cold.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

I'm going to run a little experiment, and people that I would normally shoot an email to with some ideas, I'm just going to cold call them.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

"You've got to have a certain mindset to walk out into a freezing cold lake in the middle of January," Ben, 27, explained.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

“Is it cold? Is the water cold, Father?”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

However, there were fewer colds for athletes and army personnel.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

But that didn’t stop him publishing a book on vitamin C and colds in 1970.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

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

If I say that word to you, you think of colds and the flu or perhaps something very dangerous like HIV or Ebola.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Hotter planetary bodies are mechanically weaker than colder ones, and the simulations showed that this difference can dramatically affect what happens after impact.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Instead, the region is about to head into the colder months with the lowest levels of natural gas in storage in 15 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

In colder months, you can also book dinner in one of the restaurant’s outdoor igloos.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

Although there is little scientific evidence, it's said the technique also results in a colder, denser product that will cool rather than dilute a cocktail.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Here in the jungle, among the old trees, it seemed louder, colder.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

But they tend to be clustered in the areas exposed to the nation’s coldest temperatures, the agency noted.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

The tech giant is building data centers in one of Europe's coldest countries.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The so-called Big Freeze of winter 2009-10 was, at the time, the coldest in three decades - and this coincided with an El Niño.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

"The Pink Planet is the coldest companion ever discovered using ground-based instruments," said Northwestern's Aneesh Baburaj, who led the study.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

Akira plunged into the iciest, coldest water she’d ever felt.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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