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sweat

[swet] / swɛt /






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And it’s the one math question I can answer without breaking into a cold sweat.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Months of sweat and tears had gotten me nowhere.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

The same is true when it comes to people: Since muggy air can hold less moisture, the sweat on a person’s body doesn’t evaporate as swiftly, which makes it harder to cool off.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Soaring temperatures across the United States have caused millions of people to sweat through record heatwaves, leading to dozens of heat-related deaths.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

But it wasn’t leftover sweat from all his biking and running.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

My glass of vermút sweats down to the turquoise tabletop.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

If Reilly was at times overbearing — and known for being the kind of hellacious boss who gave employees night sweats — he was also generous and a genuine bleeding heart.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

Hot flushes and night sweats are common for perimenopausal and menopausal women due to lowering oestrogen, according to Dr Arif.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Hormone therapy remains the most effective first-line option for relieving common menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats, which affect up to 75% of postmenopausal women.

From Science Daily Mar. 23, 2026

I still have on the same navy sweats and gray tank I wore all day yesterday, the same sweats and tank I wore to bed the night before last.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

In cold weather, stopping was dangerous because the men sweated so much that they were at risk of hypothermia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

That night, she says she attended London's Tramp nightclub with Prince Andrew, Epstein and Maxwell, where she says the prince "sweated profusely".

From BBC Oct. 19, 2025

"I sweated everything I had, I gave it all, and that's all that matters, and I really enjoyed my time on the court," he said.

From Barron's Oct. 12, 2025

RFK had sweated through a teal t-shirt, which he had tucked into blue jeans.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2025

I remember the clammy smell of beef-and-potato casserole, and the jingle of ice cubes tumbling into tall glasses, which sweated in the summer heat.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The moisture in the air prevents the body from efficiently sweating which is needed to regulate the body’s temperature, Benmarhnia said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

It’s easy to imagine students sweating through grueling tests of guitar technique and herculean vocal challenges, but one of Dean’s key lessons was about band dynamics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

One big reason Arya isn’t sweating Nvidia’s decision to guarantee OpenAI’s leases lies in the details of the SEC filing.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

"Every stage is crucial," explains master cymbalsmith Hasan Seker, a burly 56-year-old who co-founded Bosphorus Cymbals in 1996 and is sweating after hauling glowing blanks into and out of the furnace.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

The uncle who looked and smelled like an onion stood by the door, sweating.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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