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Recent Examples of cold sweat
As someone who has been waking up with cold sweats since hitting my 30s, I am sold—especially because of its impressive sale price.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2025
Symptoms of coronary artery disease include chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, fatigue, heartburn, nausea, dizziness and cold sweats, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Debilitating withdrawal symptoms followed: hot flashes, cold sweats, restless legs, the shakes and teeth grinding.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2025
Symptoms of coronary artery disease include chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, fatigue, heartburn, nausea, dizziness and cold sweats, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 July 2025
Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Debilitating withdrawal symptoms followed: hot flashes, cold sweats, restless legs, the shakes and teeth grinding.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold sweat
Noun
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Driving through lush, evergreen rainforest, far past the industrious city of Seattle, a rolling mist creeps in.—
Christina Fang,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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Most of the time, slop is easily identifiable, but still, doubt creeps in.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As estrogen decreases during menopause, nerves in the hypothalamus — an almond-size region deep inside the brain whose functions include helping regulate the body’s thermostat — become hyperactive and produce an overabundance of chemical signals called neurokinins.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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In these conditions, the gut’s nerves and the brain’s emotion-processing circuits are in unusually close communication.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Cold sweat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20sweat. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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