cold front

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Recent Examples of cold front Earlier models showed the potential for another tornado outbreak in the Chicago area less than a week after 13 tornado touchdowns were confirmed in the south and southwest suburbs and Northwest Indiana, but a cold front has lessened the threat and pushed it further south. Laura Bannon, CBS News, 17 June 2026 On Wednesday, there is a significant chance of more thunderstorms likely to redevelop along a cold front passing over far eastern Illinois and northwest Indiana, officials said. Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 The main concern on Wednesday will be a cold front that is expected to sink south into northern Missouri and northeast Kansas in the afternoon, the weather service said. Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026 On Friday afternoon, meteorologists anticipate, a cold front will come through the area, bringing highs down into the mid-80s for the weekend. Mia Thurow, IndyStar, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cold front
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Noun
  • The chills, along with some sudden nausea, were so strong that my mom and I left the Greek Theatre early.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 21 June 2026
  • In the summer, the weather is typically golf-perfect with mild temperatures and chill breezes as the day moves on.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • The region faced another brutal, 19-degree cold wave in January 1985 that again froze millions of orange trees on thousands of acres across Central Florida.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • The impact of a cold wave is delayed but sustained.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Her fierce intelligence helps paper over some of the screenplay’s rougher transitions, and even lends a measure of legibility to Sylvia’s sudden coldness.
    Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • The bureaucratic coldness of Bolshevik Communism and the violent regressions of Fascism were yet worse.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Our 14-tribe coalition had a clear plan to put solar and battery storage on thousands of homes to provide relief from crushing utility bills, sub-zero cold, and clean energy jobs for young people.
    Cody Two Bears, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Snow was falling in Central Florida after a strong arctic front socked the region with three days of bitter cold, along with nearly an inch of snow.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Aguirre hoped his team would shake off nerves following the emotional opener at Azteca Stadium and show more bite in its second game against South Korea, but his team didn’t have much power behind its attack during the game’s first 45 minutes.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Nosh on lamb skewers or savor bites of sweet plantains.
    USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • When Quibi launched in April 2020 and went dark by December 2020, that failure caused a deep freeze among media companies thinking of launching short-form video content.
    Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • But the deal would also expose the company to more hurricanes, tropical storms and deep freezes across the eastern US.
    Lauren Rosenthal, Bloomberg, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • However, the long freeze between Knight and Indiana began to thaw in the summer of 2019, when Knight and his wife Karen purchased a home in Bloomington.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 19 June 2026
  • If criminals have enough information to keep attacking your accounts, a credit freeze can help stop them from opening new credit in your name.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Let’s nip this in the bud before every agency has a line item for twice the necessary labor cost.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • 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

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“Cold front.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20front. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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