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body heat

[bod-ee heet] / ˈbɒd i ˌhit /




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Even if a sniper can find a hideout, their body heat may warm it enough for drones with thermal imagery to spot.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

These are a rare group, making up less than 0.1% of all fish species, that can retain body heat and keep parts of themselves warmer than the surrounding water.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 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

Unsure what to say, Hope leaned his chest over the cot, passing his body heat to her.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024

But then their body heat melts the ice walls, and they slide down a little farther.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart




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