chilly
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The chilly feel to the weather will continue into Thursday, with maximum temperatures between around 11 to 16C north to south.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Some chilly nights are also expected with a touch of frost possible in prone locations.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
On a chilly day in March, a twice-deported Romanian national walked into a 7-Eleven in Toledo, Ohio, and secretly affixed a device called a skimmer to a credit card machine, prosecutors say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Spacious, chilly and cloaked in an earthy scent, they hold hundreds of oak barrels and several towering steel tanks full of maturing wine.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Its hands were chilly, but its torso was warm, unexpectedly so.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
The ocean off of Southern California is also much chillier than along the Gulf Coast and East Coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Ads on “cooler screens,” i.e., digital ads projected on the doors of refrigerated cases in supermarkets, get a much chillier reception, with 41% of respondents viewing them negatively, the report found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
With high pressure centred to the west of the UK, winds will mainly come from that chillier northerly direction.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
With spooky season in full swing, curating fall vibes is essential to truly enjoying our chillier months.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
The answer stood out for me sharper and chillier than it ever had before that night: the shape of a Cross etched on the history of the world.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The actress asked Wintour what she thought of her dress, to which Wintour put on her shades—and her chilliest tone—and said, “And the nominees are.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
This was also the year with the chilliest night - just 4.2C at nearly Yeovilton.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
The chilliest, darkest place in the unseen ocean of the soul.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
The month ended up 1.6 degrees below the norm and was the chilliest in five years.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
Not content with this, she met all his subsequent efforts to cultivate her acquaintance with the briefest and chilliest repulses.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
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