cold snap

noun

: a brief period of very cold weather

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For many snowbirds, the annual trip to Florida starts long before the first cold snap. Nia Bowers, Ascend Agency, 13 Aug. 2026 Daniel Bader, a senior staff associate at Columbia’s Climate School, tells me that this past winter, when a prolonged cold snap killed at least 29 people, was indeed tough. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2026 Replacing those volumes with western LNG during a cold snap means reverse-flow capacity and pressure the system does not yet have. Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Blake Wilkins, owner of Redline Iguana Removal, said South Florida saw a temporary decline in iguana populations during a February cold snap, when lower temperatures stunned or killed many reptiles. Joan Murray, CBS News, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cold snap

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“Cold snap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20snap. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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