cold front

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Recent Examples of cold front 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 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 Another round of storms arrives with a cold front sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday, followed by a slight cooldown. Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 May 2026 Severe thunderstorm watch issued north and west of Houston A warm and unstable atmosphere across Southeast Texas is expected to support isolated thunderstorms through the late afternoon and early evening ahead of an approaching cold front. Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cold front
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Noun
  • The batches were distilled between January 2015 and April 2016, the whiskey was aged for a full decade in char #4 barrels with char #3 heads, and it was bottled at 102 proof without chill filtration.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 June 2026
  • For example, North Georgia typically receives 750 to 900 chill hours, while South Georgia receives fewer than 600, making variety selection critical for reliable fruit production, Kirk-Ballard says.
    Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 13 June 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
  • Anyone with information was asked to contact the Police Department's homicide cold case unit at 415-553-1450, or the our tip line at 415-575-4444.
    Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The brakes have an initial bite, but are satisfyingly firm.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 12 June 2026
  • Before the development of effective antivenoms and modern critical care, bites from snakes with comparable venom profiles had much graver prognoses.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 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
  • County health officials have enacted hiring freezes, consolidated services, reduced overtime and taken other cost-cutting measures in anticipation of the losses, resulting in about $230 million in savings.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Private providers are in a precarious moment right now due to funding strains caused by freezes to funding through the state’s Child Care Assistance Program, rising operational costs, and enrollment decreases tied to Colorado’s universal preschool program.
    Andrea Steffes-Tuttle, Denver Post, 12 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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