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
The words gave my uncle an awful chill.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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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
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
“When we saw coach Harbaugh come in and have that next-level intensity, you kind of get chills running down your spine,” defensive back Phil Bretsch said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
In Rio state, the health department said it had activated safety protocols after a Belgian man who arrived from Uganda showed "viral symptoms such as cough, chills and diarrhoea".
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
All had similar symptoms: nausea, vomiting, chills, fever, extreme fatigue, and coughing.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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By the time he got home, the fervor had chilled out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
People can also soak their clothing in cold water or apply an iced or chilled damp towel on their body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But now some may have to do without as supermarket chilled sections are nearly empty.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The phonebooth-sized machine, where jets of chilled air ensure ice-cold comfort, only launched this year but has proved popular in a country that seems to be getting inexorably warmer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
A little bell tinkled, and a blast of chilled air hit us as we walked in the door.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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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
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
Will’s fleshy face contorted and a memory swept over him like a chilling wind.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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