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The good news about the economy is cold comfort to people who have lost their jobs.
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Despite the warmth of a beach vacation, getting invited to join a group that’s been so callous to you would feel like awfully cold comfort.
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R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
But that’s cold comfort for domestic theaters in a year that will fall at least 10 percent behind last year’s mediocre totals.
—Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
But the notion that a book is playing with its genre is cold comfort when the play proves a slog.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
That their comrades built effective anti-tank traps is surely cold comfort to the Russian troops who ultimately got caught in the trap.
—David Axe, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
But that’s cold comfort for domestic theaters in a year that will fall at least 10 percent behind last year’s mediocre totals.
—Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
But the notion that a book is playing with its genre is cold comfort when the play proves a slog.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
That their comrades built effective anti-tank traps is surely cold comfort to the Russian troops who ultimately got caught in the trap.
—David Axe, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Cold comfort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20comfort. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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