the cold
noun
: cold weather
The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April.
I stood there shivering in the cold.
Come in out of the cold.
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Over the weekend, 50 young men between the ages of 9 and 25 embraced the cold and handed out toys, water, and food.
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Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
This almost $2,000 extreme-weather jacket is now marked down to $1,600, making this Expedition Down Parka a one-of-a-kind buy for the cold-weather adventurer.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
The bees constantly rotate from the outside of the cluster to the inside to ensure no one is exposed to the cold for long.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
Gaza's Health Ministry told NPR that at least two infants died in the storm from the cold, and at least 11 others were killed when a house collapsed during the storm.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
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Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
This almost $2,000 extreme-weather jacket is now marked down to $1,600, making this Expedition Down Parka a one-of-a-kind buy for the cold-weather adventurer.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
The bees constantly rotate from the outside of the cluster to the inside to ensure no one is exposed to the cold for long.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
Gaza's Health Ministry told NPR that at least two infants died in the storm from the cold, and at least 11 others were killed when a house collapsed during the storm.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
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“The cold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20cold. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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