chilling

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Report authors called it an “industry-wide chilling effect” reminiscent of a similar decline in diversity among theatrical films in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

This had a chilling effect on tech-loving individual investors.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

But it’s also likely to have a chilling effect on one of its hyperscaler peers, according to Jason Helfstein, head of internet research at Oppenheimer.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

But extracting the pulp and chilling it to -20C involves significant investment in equipment which, he says, will involve a change in mindset for many farmers.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

When Papi argued, he put all his energy into holding himself erect, maintaining a steady calm that was chilling to us children but had the opposite effect on Mami.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago