chill
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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
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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
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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
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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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