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The good news about the economy is cold comfort to people who have lost their jobs.
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But the notion that a book is playing with its genre is cold comfort when the play proves a slog.
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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
This will be cold comfort to Bijan who probably doesn't want to spend more money chasing Akubiro's assets overseas.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
For the billions upon billions of present and future animals who’ll be forced to suffer in a pointlessly cruel system of our making, that’s a cold comfort.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
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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
This will be cold comfort to Bijan who probably doesn't want to spend more money chasing Akubiro's assets overseas.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
For the billions upon billions of present and future animals who’ll be forced to suffer in a pointlessly cruel system of our making, that’s a cold comfort.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Cold comfort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20comfort. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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