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Recent Examples of cold feet
This was a big deal for Baltimore, which is probably why some believe this was more about having cold feet than any medical reasons.
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Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
There has been no public indication so far that sponsors are getting cold feet.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Watch exclusive 'Rental Family' scene In an exclusive scene, Phillip (Fraser) gets cold feet about being the groom in a young woman’s fake wedding to please her parents, and co-worker Aiko (Mari Yamamoto) has to snap him out of it.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Let’s get into the maps and try to answer the question of whether this is a regime shift or an overreaction to AI cold feet.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
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Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
There has been no public indication so far that sponsors are getting cold feet.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Watch exclusive 'Rental Family' scene In an exclusive scene, Phillip (Fraser) gets cold feet about being the groom in a young woman’s fake wedding to please her parents, and co-worker Aiko (Mari Yamamoto) has to snap him out of it.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Let’s get into the maps and try to answer the question of whether this is a regime shift or an overreaction to AI cold feet.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold feet
Noun
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Market participants seem to be staying on the sidelines amid the uncertainty.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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The billions of dollars that Haitians send home, the IMF said, have helped the government’s Central Bank reserves, while offsetting the high fuel prices despite the uncertainty surrounding the potential termination of Haitians’ Temporary Protected Status in the United States.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Indictments have a lower burden of proof and require only probable cause, while a trial would require prosecutors to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that each defendant is culpable.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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That anticipation for Season 3, premiering Sunday, still lingers for Fletcher, though it’s tempered now by doubt and distance, thanks to a four-year gap between seasons.—
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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But what else is there to be said about a game devoid of suspense and that did nothing to abate fears that the Padres’ starting pitching will be its Achilles.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Despite the issues with the production, namely the too-tame suspense at times, this is a sharp cast of veterans.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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His dread turned to panic when Hochheiser, 79, was unloaded at Villa Rosa III, a 48-bed assisted living home with peeling paint, burglar bars, barren planters and a history of poor care.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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All have lost permission to work legally, a right most had while pursuing their asylum claims, compounding the worry and dread that has rippled through immigrant communities.—
Molly A. Wallace,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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These pests are easy to squish, and this is time well spent, since there are up to five generations of these pests a year and elimination in the spring interrupts their life cycle and minimizes our rose slug angst for the remainder of the year.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Well, there’s certainly a lot of Democratic angst out there.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Considering the torment of the five-game losing streak the Miami Heat carried into the night – from the buzzer-beating loss in Houston, the Luka Doncic 60 for the Lakers to the fourth-quarter blitz by the Hornets – there likely was going to be no easy way out for Erik Spoelstra’s team.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the face of such grave concerns, Alyoshka’s torments seem self-indulgent and frustrating, but his problem—whether to leave or stay—is far from insignificant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Tech executives have offered foreboding visions of the future of work due to AI, with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott predicting unemployment will exceed 30% in a matter of years.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 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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Then Badgers guards John Blackwell and Nick Boyd, who had fueled a February upset of the Illini, took over.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Mamdani’s primary upset in June, 2025, marked a triumph for Van Auken’s electoral philosophy.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Cold feet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20feet. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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