chill
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Something’s in the air this fall — and it’s not just the autumnal chill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
But the simplest thing that would chill adoption of agent apps would be if they didn’t gain the ability to reliably do people’s internet chores.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
In addition to ruling out tax rises, he said the government should "pause job-destroying red tape" adding: "Whatever its intentions it is causing a real chill in the vacancy market."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The king of the chill beachcombing lifestyle thought he had set up a smooth plan to pass along the fortune he amassed through hits like “Margaritaville” and the business empire that followed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
My T-shirt was damp with sweat, and I felt the night chill of the advancing rainy season pierce through me as I stepped outside.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Users also described changes involving body temperature, including chills, feeling unusually cold, hot flashes, and symptoms resembling a fever.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The name alone sent chills down the spine.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
“I got the chills when you said it,” Koch said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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 he first came home, he was always having chills, she remembered, and had to stay in bed mornings with the hot pad at his feet.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
Users say it can make them feel dream-like and detached, chilled and relaxed.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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
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
She has a flying saucer thing that can keep a salad chilled and a set of stretchy bands that give you rock-hard abs.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
Oleksandr Pestrykov, an advocacy expert from the Ukrainian House foundation in Warsaw, told AFP that Ukrainians in Poland were feeling the effects of the chilling relations personally.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The artists argued that Macklemore's removal represented a chilling effect on free speech.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
On Thursday Anthropic released a 154-page report on the misuse of Claude, with an especially chilling chapter on possible biological-weapons research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
He wondered how his brother felt, wondered whether now that his passion was chilling he would feel panic or sorrow or sick conscience or nothing.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
