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Recent Examples of cold feet
So don’t get cold feet now, coach.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
Usually, buyers get cold feet because their financial situations change.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
The outlet says the scene alone is causing some theater chains across America to get cold feet over releasing the unrated Toxic Avenger.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Phoenix initially brought the project to Haynes and developed it with the filmmaker before getting cold feet.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
Usually, buyers get cold feet because their financial situations change.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
The outlet says the scene alone is causing some theater chains across America to get cold feet over releasing the unrated Toxic Avenger.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Phoenix initially brought the project to Haynes and developed it with the filmmaker before getting cold feet.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold feet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold feet
Noun
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Amid the regulatory uncertainty, some pharmacies have said that access to the shots may vary state-by-state and may require a prescription.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is one of the key points causing uncertainty about access.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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From the outside, Laura could be loving, protective, overbearing, even intrusive — while Cherry sows doubt for hiding pieces of her past despite ostensibly adoring her new beau.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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Basically, slap on a pair of gloves or leave the washing to someone else if ever there is a doubt.—
Audrey Bruno,
SELF,
10 Sep. 2025
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The historical political suspense won at Cannes 2025 the best actor award for Wagner Moura, director for Mendonça and the Art House Cinema Award and a Fipresci Prize.—
Marcelo Cajueiro,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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An official press release about the conference fosters some suspense, only offering a sparse explanation about the discovery.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Wax Child is about the dread of living in brutal hierarchies, and the shapes that friendship and protection take to counteract these grim realities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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But on a day when Mizzou amassed 595 total yards, converted 4 of 5 fourth downs and got an excellent effort from first-year starting quarterback Beau Pribula, surrendering possession had to fill Kansas followers with a sense of dread.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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There is a great deal of widespread angst right now about people having unhealthy chats with AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Despite the inherent pressure of fashioning a collection that will receive intense scrutiny, Jacobs seems far less angst-ridden than Isaac Mizrahi in Unzipped, who nearly came to pieces on screen during the making of his fall 1994 collection.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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The harassment soon escalated into a daily campaign of psychological torment that lasted for more than a year.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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His icy, anguished eyes—though both are the same color—convey all the torment a misfit on Earth might feel.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
30 Aug. 2025
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But a sense of foreboding about the future of the business has begun to infuse even certain corners of this typically uncynical group.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Early in President Donald Trump’s second term, European leaders and many U.S. defense and security experts were anticipating this week’s NATO summit with foreboding.—
Howard LaFranchi,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 June 2025
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However, the Tigers managed two top-10 upsets.—
Brady Shanahan,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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With multiple overtime games, upsets and close calls, Week 2 provided a lot of reasons to shake up this week’s edition of The Athletic 136, just not at the top.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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