chilling
Example Sentences
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This had a chilling effect on tech-loving individual investors.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
But it’s also likely to have a chilling effect on one of its hyperscaler peers, according to Jason Helfstein, head of internet research at Oppenheimer.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
In both cases, fear and chilling effects were resisted in law and civil society, as they can be today.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
But extracting the pulp and chilling it to -20C involves significant investment in equipment which, he says, will involve a change in mindset for many farmers.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Her cold fingers pressed my skin, chilling me to the bone.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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