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Recent Examples of cold sweat
Faceless YouTube Channels Being on camera makes a lot of people break into a cold sweat.
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Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
As someone who has been waking up with cold sweats since hitting my 30s, I am sold—especially because of its impressive sale price.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2025
As in heart racing, breaking out in a cold sweat, and having to self-medicate with a large Dairy Queen chocolate dipped ice cream cone scary.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
While some may break out in a cold sweat hearing about a passing asteroid, astronomers are almost never flustered by this kind of event.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2025
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Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
As someone who has been waking up with cold sweats since hitting my 30s, I am sold—especially because of its impressive sale price.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2025
As in heart racing, breaking out in a cold sweat, and having to self-medicate with a large Dairy Queen chocolate dipped ice cream cone scary.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
While some may break out in a cold sweat hearing about a passing asteroid, astronomers are almost never flustered by this kind of event.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold sweat
Noun
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The opposite happens in the Southern Hemisphere, when the polar vortex around Antarctica creeps northward.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
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Artemis 2 rocket creeps along toward launch pad NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket, the second-ever Space Launch System booster, is slowly making progress along the 4-mile journey to its Florida pad at Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If left untreated, frostbite can damage tendons, muscles, nerves and bone.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Patriots eventually overcame their nerves, and the taller Tritons, with a strong third quarter to collect a 59-43 victory and maintain their grip on first place.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
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