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are chilling

  • present progressive of chill.

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For Jamaicans, the comparisons with past storms are chilling.

From BBC Oct. 28, 2025

“All of these moves are chilling, but they all are consistent in one thing, which is really increasing doubts and confusion about vaccines in general and public health,” Chin-Hong said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2025

Khong’s prose is a pleasure to read — as it was in her first novel, “Goodbye, Vitamin,” winner of a California Book Award — even as the questions she raises are chilling, indeed.

From Seattle Times May 15, 2024

The videos of cars driving over highway subsection just minutes before it crumbled are chilling.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2023

The stories and statistics from that time are chilling.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2021