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Or course you’re an actress playing a role on a movie set, but still, the sight of people in Nazi uniforms with their swastikas strolling around on the streets must have been chilling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

The messages from one of his cousins in western Ukraine, recounting the family’s experience, have been chilling.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022

The elements of this narrative have been chilling.

From Time • Nov. 2, 2016

And while it may be too early to determine the ultimate fallout here, nationally the effects of pay-to-play have been chilling.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2012

Her look was calm, inquiring—would have been chilling to a man of sensibility—that is, of sensibility toward an unconquered woman.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham