chills

present tense third-person singular of chill
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as in freezes
to cause to lose heat chill the gelatin for two hours, until it sets

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Recent Examples of chills Challengers, including conservative advocacy groups, argue the law unconstitutionally chills political speech and participation. Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025 This kind of political pressure on broadcasters and artists chills free speech and threatens the livelihoods of thousands of working Americans. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025 The Professor Watchlist has been denounced by faculty associations as a blacklist that chills academic freedom. Stephanie A, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025 During the height of the summer heat, the ice chills the water for the penguin, sea otter and hippo habitats. Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2025 Yet, even if courts side with Cook, the damage is done—the intimidation chills independent decision-making. Dan Irvine, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 The Stanford team’s passive cooling system chills water by a few degrees with the help of radiative panels that absorb heat and beam it directly into outerspace. IEEE Spectrum, 5 Sep. 2017 This chills free speech and further fuels the militarization of law enforcement. Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chills
Verb
  • More often than not, the towel catches on the edge of the basket and the robot freezes.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Plan to fertilize about two or three weeks before the ground freezes, and make sure to do so in the morning or early evening to avoid the warmest part of the day.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • The plaintiffs—three current students in Brooklyn yeshivas, their parents, and two former students—ask the courts to strike down a new law that relaxes oversight of nonpublic schools.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Also, closing your mouth a bit relaxes your jaw muscles and gives you more space back there.
    Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
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  • Luckily, lots of matcha cups also come with a whisk holder, which discourages bacteria formation—like this handmade set that will easily fit in with your robust collection of Italian splatterware.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Michigan's Department of Natural Resources discourages people from keeping wild animals as pets.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • The cranky and irritating backseat driver, who bums a lift midway through the Griswolds' adventure, also has with her the easily excitable pooch Dinky.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • Even as headline inflation cools from its peak, elevated price levels remain embedded in household budgets.
    Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • At night, as the temperature cools, Dahlia’s warms up into a joyous watering hole for locals and visitors alike, with the quieter overflow lounging in the secondary Moss Bar next door, which takes on a more masculine energy with its green walls and taxidermy decor.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • This inconsistency frustrates drivers and reduces their confidence in public charging networks, further slowing EV adoption.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Naturally, this frustrates Marshall, not for himself, but for the countless players who lives who dedicate their lives to servicing others in need.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • The Fet-Fisk chef recommends cemetery wine strolls and late nights at the Squirrel Cage.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Kwan’s ex-fiancée, Molly (Dianne Doan), who developed amnesia after a car accident several years prior, strolls into Grey Sloan and the two attempt a relationship again … until Kwan learns that Molly’s using him in hopes of getting her memories back.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • Later in the episode, Kelce's cohost and brother, Jason Kelce, pokes fun at Lively's athleticism in a storyline that sees Bridget attend a soccer camp.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The trailer for Season 6 of Solar Opposites, released today, pokes fun of the show’s imminent end.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Chills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chills. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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