throw cold water on
Example Sentences
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“These developments throw cold water on the idea of a swift de-escalation in the Persian Gulf,” analysts at ING said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"Most things we do to a virus makes it weaker or not work as well, or maybe you're trying to engineer it for therapeutics, and I'd hate to see somebody throw cold water on that."
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
The attorney also sought to throw cold water on the HBO documentary, which turned Durst into a subject of international interest in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2021
Last week Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the Tokyo organizing committee, said he was “seriously worried that the spread of the infectious disease could throw cold water on the momentum toward the games.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
Yet he dared not throw cold water on the tremendous spirits of patriotism and ambition in the West demanding Oregon.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
