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chilly

[chil-ee] / ˈtʃɪl i /




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On a chilly spring night, Caligiuri, wearing a hooded Adidas jacket and black sweatpants, stands in the center of a small soccer field on a bluff in Mission Viejo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Water aerobics was thankfully in the indoor pool, but it was chilly getting out of the water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

I wasn’t alone and joined hundreds of others, spending a damp, chilly night trying to keep warm and sleep near one of the bonfires in St. James’s Park.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“You would never think that America’s sweetheart would be so brilliant as this extremely chilly, withholding suburban housewife,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

But even in the chilly room, sweat beads on my forehead.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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