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Recent Examples of cold feet
Whether that will turn out to be a safer bet as investors are starting to get cold feet over AI as well?
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Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
Busfield features in the ensemble cast of You Deserve Each Other, a new romantic comedy that follows a couple who get cold feet on their way to the altar.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
But investors are increasingly getting cold feet, concerned that some technology stocks might be overvalued.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Yes, cold feet can make a difference.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
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Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
Busfield features in the ensemble cast of You Deserve Each Other, a new romantic comedy that follows a couple who get cold feet on their way to the altar.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
But investors are increasingly getting cold feet, concerned that some technology stocks might be overvalued.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Yes, cold feet can make a difference.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold feet
Noun
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To be sure, prices could reverse again in the coming days given all the uncertainties about the war.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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For fashion, the Fall/Winter 2026 season arrived at a moment of heightened uncertainty, as wholesale continues its rocky reset and geopolitical uncertainty remains high.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Because there is little doubt that Canadiens management sees what their coach sees, and what anyone watching their team sees.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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There are also significant doubts there are enough Navy ships to escort commercial vessels, given that 60 or more tankers typically traverse the strait each day.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Framed as a psychological thriller for fans of Gillian Flynn’s suspense antics and Donna Tartt’s cerebral ones, this novel evokes the underground with an insider’s eye.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps the intent is to cultivate suspense, yet the effect is a frustrating vagueness around the base conditions for the show’s central infatuation.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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As your host, Lizzie Burder makes for very enjoyable company, deftly mixing child-like enthusiasm with just enough frantic dread to convince you that this whole operation could turn dangerous at any moment.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
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The golf world watched the final stretch with that familiar mixture of tension and dread.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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The film is faithful to the franchise’s customary angst, with riotous needle drops (and an obligatory new Nick Cave track) courtesy of Antony Genn and Martin Slattery.—
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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The deal has triggered a wave of angst at the network in terms of cutbacks at a time of consolidation and the fact that CNN would be under the same corporate umbrella as CBS.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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The final months of Curtis’ life in 1980 were filled with torment.—
Mark Richardson,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2026
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Speaking of torment, what happened to Mediodía?—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026
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There’d been a sense of foreboding since the French media giant completed its $2 billion takeover of South African pay-TV company MultiChoice last year, with the company mum on its post-merger plans and suspicion rampant that cost-cutting measures were in the cards.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2026
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And assuming Edmonton does make it, their path out of the division wouldn’t be that foreboding.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Political strategist Monifa Drayton defeated Vilma Leake in west Charlotte’s District 2 Democratic primary in the biggest upset of the night.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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However, there have been recent upsets in races as some voters are calling for new leaders and several sitting members of Congress face primary challengers this cycle.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Cold feet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20feet. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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