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chill

[chil] / tʃɪl /




VERB
make cold
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST




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“Everyone says I was the most chill bride they ever met. I wasn’t stressed about anything except the missing veil. My veil was missing for a little bit,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

But there’s no icy chill to his vision, only the glib confidence that a feel-good montage or a piercing Anohni and the Johnsons ballad will blind us to his film’s lack of human connection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Others compile more sedate moments under labels like "gentle tension" or "chill elder emo watching Traitors".

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

And he’s saying things, even on “Saturday Night Live,” that were patently untrue… Even when he says, “Did you think I was going to be a chill, normal dude?”

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Once we were at the elevator bank, Anna May muttered, “Oh, how you gotta love the chill air of a department store.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Make sense of the midterms with Slate: Speaking of tricks and treats, watch this livestream recording from Slate’s politics team, who broke down all the spooky thrills and chills we can expect on Election Day.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

The line chills not because something like Instagram Kids feels plausible, but because it’s already a reality.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

By then, he was suffering from fever, chills, muscle pain, a sore throat and bleeding.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Few but the utterly guileless will be taken in by this, but the tactics available to Mr. Pineda still have the capacity to create tension, maybe even chills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Their resilience and boundless optimism gives me chills.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"Replenishment of chilled and frozen ranges in the affected stores is well under way," a spokesman said on Monday.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Some business groups have argued that the approval and environmental assessment process for major infrastructure projects in Canada drags on and has chilled investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In February, Waitrose said it would suspend sales of fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel due to overfishing concerns, while tinned products would be phased out as existing stock was sold.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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

For a moment Ophie found herself chilled with a bone-deep fear, and she realized it wasn’t for Clara but for herself.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Even our institutions can use this chilling tactic, resulting in a particularly harmful form of institutional betrayal.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

What’s chilling about these interviews is how they don’t feel like whistleblowing but rather a fact-finding inquiry with available explainers who betray little affect or remorse, even when the topic of personal doubt arises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

While that leaves the market vulnerable to a downturn in those companies, it is another reason why the index has withstood a chilling effect from higher rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The prosecution opposed the disclosures, saying they would have a "chilling effect" on the lone juror.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The liquid slid down my lustrous fur, chilling me to the bone.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth


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