cold
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Tech stocks in late October caught the cold that for months has been a drag on the corporate bond market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way certain metals can withstand extreme cold without becoming dangerously brittle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
You can come and take these cheeseburger spring rolls from our cold, dead hands.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
A few years ago his house was cut off during a "very cold" February and the family was without power for two days.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The walk took only a minute, but by the time we got inside the double doors of the police station, I was shaking with cold.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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"Even inside the house, the smoke gets in. Honestly, since the haze, my body aches, as if I've been beaten up. The immune system is down. I get coughs and colds easily."
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Multiple studies conducted since the ones Pauling analyzed show that if there is an effect on vitamin C and colds, it’s minimal.
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
She said it could "change how we protect people from common coughs, colds and other respiratory infections" if the results are confirmed in human studies.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
The children were all coming down with colds.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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Hot water takes up more room than colder water, causing sea levels to rise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Winter ice, however, has received considerably less scrutiny, even though climate models show their greatest disagreements when predicting how much ice will cover the Arctic during the colder months.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
European natural-gas prices climbed above 97 euros a megawatt-hour for the first time since late 2022, as colder weather threatens to lift demand across the continent while the Iran war continues to disrupt global supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
"I think it's in the right hands," declared James B back at the castle, now colder than ever in terms of catching a traitor.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
I go outside and throw my hoodie over my snapback—it’s colder than a polar bear’s butt crack out here.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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This planet, however, is the coldest lava world found so far with evidence of an atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
They tend to operate during the coldest or hottest hours, when demand for electricity skyrockets and the power grid is stressed, said Form’s chief executive and co-founder, Mateo Jaramillo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The coldest place in our house is the downstairs bog.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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