chilling
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Even our institutions can use this chilling tactic, resulting in a particularly harmful form of institutional betrayal.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
An attorney representing Hollywood Park says changing the rules midstream could have a chilling effect on future developments in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
In “The City Without Jews,” Douglas Smith offers a chilling account of the purging of Jewish life from Vienna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
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 weather beyond the train windows was as patchy as it had been all summer; they passed through stretches of the chilling mist, then out into weak, clear sunlight.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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