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chill

[chil] / tʃɪl /




VERB
make cold
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Finally, a few more Fed rate hikes could temper the economy’s growth and cast a slight chill on inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Most towns and cities will experience temperatures around zero or just below, while rural spots in Scotland and even southern England chill to minus 5C.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

You can eat it slightly warm or chill it for later.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 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

On early spring nights in rural Hydesville, New York, the chill dampness from Mud Creek seeped into a person’s bones should a foot, or a finger, escape thick layers of homemade quilts.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

“Did you not get chills when he was introduced?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

I got chills on the back of my neck, like Fred was tapping his toe on my foot.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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

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 to their body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

But now some may have to do without as supermarket chilled sections are nearly empty.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

It blew through his clothes and chilled his body inside and made him shiver.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

“People who have been systematically impacted, been arrested and are trying to leave all of those problems behind, this can have a chilling effect on them becoming intervention workers,” Garcia-Leys said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Behind the scenes of crypto’s biggest nightmare: Last week, the founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange delivered a chilling warning that read like a tagline to a horror movie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The production’s novelty: Audience members wear headphones, so we hear Lucas’s voice more intimately, and also the creaks and thumps and eerie noises that enhance the chilling tale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

When Papi argued, he put all his energy into holding himself erect, maintaining a steady calm that was chilling to us children but had the opposite effect on Mami.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago


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