chill
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Are we seeing a chill effect in the IPO market?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Something’s in the air this fall — and it’s not just the autumnal chill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Museums are turning to Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and the Surrealists to lure crowds out of the autumnal chill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
But the simplest thing that would chill adoption of agent apps would be if they didn’t gain the ability to reliably do people’s internet chores.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Not the cold felt running from the house to the bus or the car to the store; not the chill in the air on a fall morning, but deep cold.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Users also described changes involving body temperature, including chills, feeling unusually cold, hot flashes, and symptoms resembling a fever.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
“I got the chills when you said it,” Koch said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In painful detail, she described the splitting headaches, body aches, chills, high fevers and hallucinations that had tormented her for days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Goose bumps popped up on my arms and chills ran down my spine, shaking me to the core.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
A simple question about chilled caffeine has sparked heated debates on couches and online about workplace decorum, highlighting shifting expectations of professionalism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The measure is modeled on an Oregon law enacted last year that has chilled private-equity healthcare dealmaking in the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In February, Waitrose said it would suspend sales of fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel due to overfishing concerns, while tinned products would be phased out as existing stock was sold.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
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
The cold pipes chilled the surrounding soil, creating a barrier that would stop groundwater seeping in from the west.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
The prosecution opposed the disclosures, saying they would have a "chilling effect" on the lone juror.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
One can imagine a slow drip of consumer horror stories having a chilling effect on people’s interest in Muse-like apps.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
It is a chilling dynamic that keeps repeating itself in American culture, and one at the heart of “American Hostage,” a dramatic miniseries making its debut Sunday on MGM+.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The artists argued that Macklemore's removal represented a chilling effect on free speech.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ron added to Harry as the group of second-year girls who had been listening to his chilling tale departed.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
