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chill

[chil] / tʃɪl /




VERB
make cold
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST




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At sites in extreme climates, or during a heat wave, chill airflow or water evaporation is still necessary.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Mortgage rates ticked up to a new high for the year, casting a chill over the housing market.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Reading “This Is Me” now, it is impossible not to feel an almost supernatural chill.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Then choose from these options: original, brief, sweet, chill and sassy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

I feel a cold chill run down my body.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Perhaps the production was so focused on making sure all the actors looked pallid, and every scene lifeless, that they forgot to add the thrills and chills.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

The chills expanded nationally, then internationally, as the Bulls’ mystique grew and the NBA’s popularity exploded.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

“It plays when Alice goes off to college and then for the end credits. It gave me chills when I saw it.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Local authorities said the man in São Paulo had "exhibited symptoms such as fever", while the man in Rio de Janeiro, from Belgium, had shown "viral symptoms such as cough, chills and diarrhoea".

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

People with TB often suffer from a bad cough, fatigue, weight loss, chills, fever, sweats, and chest pain.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

People can also soak their clothing in cold water or apply an iced or chilled damp towel to their body.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

By the time he got home, the fervor had chilled out.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Asked what the difference was between the captaincy of Stokes and Root, fast bowler Josh Tongue said: "It's very chilled out there."

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

This summer, though, I’ve been turning them into a chilled blueberry soup with yogurt and buttermilk.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

But he was chilled, and the fire felt good even though it smoked and made his eyes smart.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

As I spoke to the women who had worked, in the early 1970s, to organize and pursue this right, I realized something chilling.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2026

Shi argues that non-compete agreements harm the economy: “They have a chilling effect and discourage people from looking for new jobs,” she says.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

“Her Private Hell” is not merely glittering debris, as some have posited, nor is it style over substance; it’s a campfire story told by Thatcher’s unearthly orator, with just as much chilling impact.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Hinterhäuser is also an insightful pianist, and he joined baritone Matthias Goerne in a chilling performance of Schubert’s existential song cycle, “Winterreise.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

I tried to imagine how it’d even be like, chilling inside such a big place, right on the beach, but I couldn’t really picture it.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña




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