chilly
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Some chilly nights are also expected with a touch of frost possible in prone locations.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
On a chilly day in March, a twice-deported Romanian national walked into a 7-Eleven in Toledo, Ohio, and secretly affixed a device called a skimmer to a credit card machine, prosecutors say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The past week has felt quite chilly but temperatures next week are forecast to reach 20C in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and as high as 25C in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Spacious, chilly and cloaked in an earthy scent, they hold hundreds of oak barrels and several towering steel tanks full of maturing wine.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Wolf led them along an auroch trail that wound north up the side of the valley: a chilly climb through frost-brittle bracken.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Conditions can change with a simple switch in wind direction and we can go from chillier, autumnal weather to warmer conditions and then back again - all within a day.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Ads on “cooler screens,” i.e., digital ads projected on the doors of refrigerated cases in supermarkets, get a much chillier reception, with 41% of respondents viewing them negatively, the report found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
December’s event is called the Cold Moon because it rises amid longer, chillier nights approaching the winter solstice, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
With spooky season in full swing, curating fall vibes is essential to truly enjoying our chillier months.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
Air temperature falls by about 2.5°F with every thousand feet of elevation, so it would have been chillier at this height anyway, but now it was positively uncomfortable.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
The actress asked Wintour what she thought of her dress, to which Wintour put on her shades—and her chilliest tone—and said, “And the nominees are.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
The UK suffered its chilliest night in almost two years last night and there's no sign of the cold snap easing yet.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2022
From butternut squash soup to pizza to fall pasta recipes galore, these mains and sides will get you through the chilliest months of the year.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022
The low of 38 marked the chilliest temperature in the District since March 30, when it was 35.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2022
Love which can fare from the chilliest soul; patience which knows how to wait for the harvest.
From Your Child: Today and Tomorrow by Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg
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