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Recent Examples of stone-cold
This long list of accomplishments doesn’t even mention her work with the Raconteurs, her co-writes with Guy fuckin’ Clark, or that one of her records (2013’s Like a Rose) is a stone-cold classic of 2010s insurgent country.
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Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
Plus, stone-cold shooting haunted Northfield in the first half.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
Houston beat us, stone-cold beat us.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Deep Space Nine, or Diane Keaton’s ex in Manhattan, or André’s dinner guest, or the stone-cold-serious playwright of The Designated Mourner, or even the boy who grew up with the mid-century New Yorker crowd.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Carhartt's Detroit jacket is a stone-cold classic.
—Adam Cheung, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
And now the daughters and granddaughters of the Ladies Aid and League of Catholic Women’s groups are organizing food, shelter, and finances against stone-cold invaders.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Secretary Kristi Noem is a stone-cold liar and has zero credibility.
—Ali Bauman, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
John Malkovich plays the stone-cold President Snow in pre-recorded videos that bookend the arena, looming over the show’s Katniss Everdeen in a crisp, white suit.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
Plus, stone-cold shooting haunted Northfield in the first half.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
Houston beat us, stone-cold beat us.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Deep Space Nine, or Diane Keaton’s ex in Manhattan, or André’s dinner guest, or the stone-cold-serious playwright of The Designated Mourner, or even the boy who grew up with the mid-century New Yorker crowd.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Carhartt's Detroit jacket is a stone-cold classic.
—Adam Cheung, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
And now the daughters and granddaughters of the Ladies Aid and League of Catholic Women’s groups are organizing food, shelter, and finances against stone-cold invaders.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Secretary Kristi Noem is a stone-cold liar and has zero credibility.
—Ali Bauman, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
John Malkovich plays the stone-cold President Snow in pre-recorded videos that bookend the arena, looming over the show’s Katniss Everdeen in a crisp, white suit.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stone-cold
Adverb
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It will be equipped to process and service new steel products coming down the line at Big River like galvanized and cold-rolled steel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Apr. 2026
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Lay a Rug or Foam Tiles on the Floor Concrete basement floors radiate cold back up into the space, but an easy way to stop it is to cover the floor.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion for the six-Justice majority, the Court’s idea of racial equality turned out to correspond to a downright dystopian vision of our electoral democracy.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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He’s made some excellent pitching moves over the last two years, but several of his position-player decisions, particularly the handling of Devers and Bregman, look downright appalling.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Some of them absolutely do and good professional help is worth paying for.—
Blake O'Shaughnessy,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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It will absolutely be thrown out by the jury.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
Adverb
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Nearly unbeatable during the regular season, the Kansas City Mavericks are looking plain unstoppable now that the playoffs are underway.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 May 2026
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The Louisville Basketball Claim At a University of Louisville basketball practice during the 1978-79 season, forward Wiley Brown went to give his teammate Derek Smith a plain old low five.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Stone-cold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stone-cold. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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