body heat
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Heat stress -- the name given to the hazardous build-up of body heat caused by soaring temperatures, humidity and other factors -- is one of the most common ways that weather kills people.
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
Their collective body heat raises the cave’s temperature to a sweltering 106°F, and the piles of guano beneath them are deep enough to bury the Statue of Liberty to her waist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
The insects can generate their own body heat like mammals and produce antifreeze proteins similar to those found in Arctic fish.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
When it is not possible to keep rooms heated to 18C, he recommends wearing gloves, warm socks and a woolly hat, eating a higher carbohydrate diet and generating more body heat by moving around.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
The body heat made steam in the cold air.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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