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Recent Examples of cold feet
After speaking with the attorney’s office, Hay got cold feet, fearful of standing up against a figure as powerful as Combs.
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Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Meta isn’t the only example of investors getting cold feet about AI spending.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Given all the anxiety, sometimes sellers who are willing to accommodate buyers’ demands still can’t overcome their cold feet.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Patrick Suzuki, an Asian American man with insecurities about his ethnicity, proposes to Kacie McIntosh, a white woman, who says yes — only to get cold feet within hours of seeing him.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Meta isn’t the only example of investors getting cold feet about AI spending.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
Given all the anxiety, sometimes sellers who are willing to accommodate buyers’ demands still can’t overcome their cold feet.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Patrick Suzuki, an Asian American man with insecurities about his ethnicity, proposes to Kacie McIntosh, a white woman, who says yes — only to get cold feet within hours of seeing him.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold feet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold feet
Noun
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Polk said the astronaut is stable but that diagnostic uncertainty in microgravity prompted NASA to err on the side of bringing the crew member back to Earth.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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But in the second season of the series, which wrapped last Sunday, a new sense of uncertainty, reflection, and maturity grips the central characters, making for even better television.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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No doubt that came after conversations with his leadership core of players, too.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Now two new polls show serious doubts among Americans about acquiring Greenland, a self-governing, autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a longstanding NATO ally.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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Start the new year with a little extra suspense.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Dec. 2025
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And, the heightened level of suspense, coupled with the reader’s invitation to examine the complexities of the human heart, definitely makes this book a must-read.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
30 Dec. 2025
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There’s a sense of foreboding and dread.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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Of course, the dread is always worse.—
Nell Frizzell,
Vogue,
13 Jan. 2026
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For nearly a decade, Upchuck has evolved into one of Atlanta’s most electric punk bands, with an angst rooted in power and protest.—
DeAsia Paige,
AJC.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Combining economic data with polling results, the Public Policy Institute of California recently discovered rising economic angst among California residents.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Even so, a few things about this season’s ongoing torment are clear.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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Here, Seyfried captures the inner conflict of Ann Lee’s torment and trauma along with the ecstatic release of her religious practice.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Ineke Zeldenrust, international coordinator for the Clean Clothes Campaign, a witness signatory of the Accord, has long nursed a sense of foreboding about where worker safety is headed in Bangladesh.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Dec. 2025
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Derek Hinkey’s character, the Shoshone warrior Red Feather, is almost always frowning at white settlers, looking undeniably foreboding with his face slathered in black paint and galloping on horseback into battle.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Though Hamnet had just won best drama at the Globes, in an upset over Sinners and The Secret Agent, most of the film’s stars had already left or were in the process of getting their car to leave.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Did Macclesfield produce one of sport’s great upsets?—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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