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  • noun Plural form of cold.

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Examples

  • Lemon's powers to perk the palate and soothe seasonal coughs and colds is invoked in our next recipe.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Nupur 2007

  • There’s been a lot of long-term colds this year in my parts, not the 24 hr. vrieties.

    Unthreaded #3 « Climate Audit 2007

  • Because once we get to 28 degrees that is when the fruit freezes, usually, the peels of the oranges kind of protect it from freezing, but when you have prolonged colds, that is when you have big problems.

    CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2010 2010

  • We have slight colds, which is annoying but probably to be expected given 24 hours in a plane after weeks of exhausted running about, but are otherwise well.

    England Thus Far « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2009

  • We have slight colds, which is annoying but probably to be expected given 24 hours in a plane after weeks of exhausted running about, but are otherwise well.

    2009 August « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2009

  • We have slight colds, which is annoying but probably to be expected given 24 hours in a plane after weeks of exhausted running about, but are otherwise well.

    2009 August 25 « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2009

  • In other words, these so-called colds are nothing more or less than different forms of vicarious elimination.

    Nature Cure Henry Lindlahr 1893

  • Mrs. Foster is quite right in looking sharp after your colds, which is very generous of me to say, as I am down in the mouth and should have been cheered by a chat.

    Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Babies who had a low birth weight, were born prematurely or had breathing problems such as colds were also at risk.

    Baby Slings Linked to Infant Deaths 2010

  • Babies who had a low birth weight, were born prematurely or had breathing problems such as colds were also at risk.

    Baby Slings Linked to Infant Deaths 2010

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