as in cold turkey
a cold aloof person
her husband is such a cold fish that I'm reluctant to have them over for dinner
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Noun
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In a Journal Sentinel interview, one parent raised concerns that the clinics are abandoning ongoing treatments, such as hormone replacement therapy, leaving children to go cold turkey after years of taking either estrogen or testosterone.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
12 Jan. 2026 -
At first, the idea of going cold turkey is jarring and scary.—
Lauren DeCarlo,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Jan. 2026
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Arsenic spikes in New Zealand’s Waikato River were blamed on invasive clams, and recent Houthi attacks in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait indirectly caused a shift in oceanic cloud formation.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Wilmer operated a commercial fishing boat named the Denni Wade, and during the 1980s made his living farming clams and oysters.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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When this occurs, the snow on the roof melts and refreezes, creating icicles and ice dams on the roof and eaves.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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Large icicles are a sign of ice dams on a home.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2026
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The approach was tested using real satellite observations of icebergs calved from Petermann Glacier and other locations in north-west Greenland.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Visitors can see massive icebergs while taking boat trips and going on nearby hikes.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Cold fishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20fishes. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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