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chill

[chil] / tʃɪl /




VERB
make cold
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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

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

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

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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