chill
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Calls to slow down the development of leading models for safety reasons, including an essay by Anthropic’s Dario Amodei over the weekend, have sent a chill through the tech sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
Mortgage rates ticked up to a new high for the year, casting a chill over the housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Saturday will get off to a bright and fresh start, as many wake up to a chill in the air.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
She pulled Anat in closer, her whole body shuddering with the chill.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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
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
Jenny leans into my ear to whisper something and I get chills up my back and shiver.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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By the time he got home, the fervor had chilled out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Just the sight of the glasses, dewy with condensation on the outside and filled to the rim with clinking ice, nearly chilled my body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Some local governments have deployed trucks to parks, markets and bus stops to distribute chilled bottled waters for free.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
There was one metallic crash of thunder and the air chilled suddenly.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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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
“Financial sanctions are based on a private sector chilling effect.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
“Enjoy it and be in touch, and I’m sorry once again. I guess you won’t be chilling for a while.”
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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