heat
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Following a record-breaking summer of extreme heat and prolonged dry weather, UK weather patterns are set to change.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Like much of Europe, Belgium has experienced a new spell of intense heat and drought in recent days.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Cook the carrots: Cook the carrot, butter, brown sugar, zest and salt over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soft and jammy.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Geothermal, which involves tapping into Earth’s underground heat to spin turbines, looks a lot like nuclear in that it can produce clean electricity 24 hours a day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A furious heat rises in me, from my gut to the tips of my fingers, and my body clenches at his audacity, at the lies, at the lengths he’s willing to go to punish me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
This relic of combustion awakens in the morning with the refinement of a coffee grinder, winding at around 3,000 rpm until the catalytic converter heats up and the revs fall back to idle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Amazon and Twitch are not the first to start absorbing user data to build AI models as competition in the sector heats up.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The heats of that will start a little more than 90 minutes after the replayed final.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
As the potato heats up, however, that water turns into vapor and escapes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Now I am the one who heats and carries the heavy buckets of water, stirs the soapy brew, lifts the sodden clothes to be rinsed, and spreads them to dry.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
These generational superstars have long stirred heated debate, from curious kids with jumpers for goalposts to social media cultists armed with memes and virtual binders of blistering stats.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Another possibility is that it was heated later, destroying clay minerals that had once been present.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Season 2 of the Peabody Award-winning series about two hockey rivals entangled in a heated romance is still months away from premiering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Silicon Valley meanwhile remains locked in heated debate over whether AI should be “open” or “closed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Abby and I found a food truck, got in line, and she launched into a heated retelling of all her catches.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
It is the fasting warming continent, heating up twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus climate service.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fuel oil, used by households for heating and in various industrial applications, was up 39.1 percent from the year before.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
As the planet warms, the Arctic is heating faster than any other region.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
A wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating and other products for construction trades is set to become the newest member of the S&P 500 index.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
But it caught at once, and soon one of their last bottles of water was heating in the little saucepan.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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