cold front

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Recent Examples of cold front Saturday will start showery and end showery, with a powerful afternoon cold front sandwiched in the middle. Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026 Ahead of the heat wave, The Weather Channel says warmer air could also bring thunderstorms and periods of heavy rainfall as a cold front moves across parts of the central and eastern U.S. next week. Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 Southern cities are forecast to see 70-degree highs on Thursday, March 26, before a cold front sweeps them away. Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026 Peak daytime temperatures behind a late-week cold front could drop below 80 degrees, closer to a range that more comfortably supports an open-roof game. Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cold front
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold front
Noun
  • But a chill settled on the Dodgers’ bats instead.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Breezy winds will keep wind chills in the 30s under a mix of clouds and sun.
    April 18, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Polar vortex ends 'false spring' Not every cold wave is tied to the polar vortex, but this one is, AccuWeather said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The coldness of the water constricts arteries, requiring the heart to work harder than normal to function.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The song has said everything that Ines can’t bring herself to, and her coldness chips away in the days and weeks that follow.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The rising heat and sinking cold created a rotation effect that encouraged tornadoes, Molina said.
    Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Wearing golden slippers and a modest cardigan against the snow piled high in the streets of her hometown of Leknes, the largest municipality in Lofoten, her nonchalance toward the Arctic cold switched to seriousness when discussing her work.
    Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Two Boys Fighting Over a Bladder (circa 1767–1770) suggests that the latter view has bite.
    Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The wing’s bark pairs with plenty of bite.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 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
  • What other freeze-resistant types are available?
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Other reasons plants may fail to bloom include deer browsing and late spring freezes that also damage these buds.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Chief among the products banned are the ubiquitous 50 milliliter bottles known as shooters, shots, nips or airline bottles.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There were seven empty nip bottles — vodka.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026

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“Cold front.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20front. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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