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Big picture: Just like the weather, the labor market has caught a big chill — and it’s not expected to warm up anytime soon.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

Perhaps the big chill between the companies will continue into Sunday at the Daytona 500.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2023

The discovery in the late 1990s that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate implies that we are approaching heat death, also known as the big chill, at an increasing rate.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2021

Even before the big chill set in, The King's Mirror describes ships lost and men who perished in ice.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 10, 2016

The truth is, Paul, you've had a big chill, and now the fever's come on you.

From The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)




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