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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A cold spell simply halts flowering for a little while.
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Apart from the brief cold spell in late November, we have had very few hard frosts.
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Here, a sharp cold spell in spring may produce a narrow growth ring.
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Not even the yawning chasms in the road caused by freeze-thaw action during the recent cold spell can upset it.
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They had moved in from the garden during a cold spell in November.