chilling

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Those decisions came on the heels of Tuesday’s chilling news for green card holders who might want to travel outside the United States in the form of Blanche v.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2026

When I asked him how he approaches the stewardship of two houses synonymous with their founders’ creative visions, he offered a personally chilling analogy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

This had a chilling effect on tech-loving individual investors.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

But it’s also likely to have a chilling effect on one of its hyperscaler peers, according to Jason Helfstein, head of internet research at Oppenheimer.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The stories from the southern half were chilling, in magnitude if not in particulars.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead