chill
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"Those days, if I'm practising or not, I'm trying to be chill and focus on the next round. So golf this year isn't an option."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
In the historic Japanese city of Kanazawa, craftsmen painstakingly shape and slice blocks of ice destined to chill negronis in some of the world's trendiest bars.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
This clearly sounds like a blazing hot take that will chill soon and embarrass often.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mortgage rates ticked up to a new high for the year, casting a chill over the housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
It’s a beautiful day, with a light chill in the air.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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
The name alone sent chills down the spine.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 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
Bacteria can also infect wounds where screwworm maggots are present and may cause an infection that can lead to symptoms like fever or chills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Cole shuddered with another spasm of chills as Rosey gave Edwin a light shove.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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
A chilled supermarket aisle might just be the most comfortable place to be as heatwaves continue to warm up the UK.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
But under million-dollar luxury apartments chilled by whirling air conditioners, tenants in one of Seoul's last shanty towns suffer headaches in the savage heat.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was the only time Lazlo had heard him use that name, and it chilled him.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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
It leaves us with a chilling moral about how the misdeeds of the past, not properly atoned for, can shape the contours of life, and even death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
The look of terror that came over the High Blade’s face was chilling.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
