cold front

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Recent Examples of cold front The hottest conditions are expected through midweek before temperatures slowly ease in parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic as a cold front moves east, according to the Weather Prediction Center. Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 19 May 2026 By Thursday, a cold front is expected to move through the region, bringing cooler and more comfortable air back into Ohio and ending the early stretch of heat. Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 May 2026 Crappies also head to these deeper waters when a cold front hits during the spawn. John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026 For 25 years now, whenever ailing sea turtles are stranded and rescued from regional waters (caught in netting, injured by a boat prop or shark attack, accidentally hooked by a fisherman, or stunned by a cold front), they are brought here for care, recuperation, and a second chance at life. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cold front
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Noun
  • Trade drab colors with 44 percent off floral prints, and bulky hoodies for something a little more lightweight to beat those nightly chills and airplane cabin temperatures—this one by Faherty is 25 percent off for a limited time.
    Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026
  • Specializing in creative lattes like brown suga baby (brown sugar, toffee nut, coconut, white chocolate, espresso, steamed milk) and lavender and chill (lavender, vanilla, espresso, steamed milk), Black Coffee opened in the Vivian apartment complex in 2024.
    Kate Williams, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The impact of a cold wave is delayed but sustained.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The area of the U.S. being hit by extreme weather in the past five years has doubled from 20 years ago, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Extremes Index, which includes various types of wild weather, such as heat and cold waves, downpours and drought.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The record has always been looked at as the black sheep of the two albums, the more experimental foray that embraced the coldness of synths on a stylistic side quest.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • When Charles was set to come face to face with one of the brightest, youngest faces of American politics, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, he was met with only a coldness and reminder of the crimes of British imperialism.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Yeast strains that may have lain dormant in the mummy for millennia, some of which were specially adapted to extreme cold, may still be metabolically active, a new study published in Microbiome finds.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 June 2026
  • Use them to help regulate your plants’ moisture, keep pests away, and keep your cooler cold.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • This can occur with or without skin markings, which may be mistaken for seemingly benign culprits like bug bites or an allergic reaction.
    Alyssa Sparacino, Glamour, 29 May 2026
  • Guests celebrating Giant included American Vogue Editor Chloe Malle as well as theater producers Tom Kirhady, Lucas McMahon, and Greg Nobile, who sipped on wine and champagne and dined on light bites whilst mingling and talking Tony prospects.
    Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Floods, droughts, deep freezes, and blizzards!
    Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy sandwiched an RBI double between solo home runs in the second and fifth innings, and right-hander Tyler Glasnow put Colorado’s offense in a deep freeze.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The oats will die off slowly after a series of hard freezes.
    Special to The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • But a closer look reveals missing buds, blossoms and small fruit damage caused by a sudden freeze after an unusually warm stretch of weather between April 19 and April 21.
    Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • The market is doing the Fed’s job Kevin Warsh’s argument for an ultimately lower Fed funds rate may rely on the notion that financial conditions are likely to tighten further on the long end of the yield curve—far outweighing any nips to the base rate the central bank can make.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 May 2026
  • The department noted that the suspects were in possession of alcoholic nip bottles and marijuana at the time of their arrest.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026

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“Cold front.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20front. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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