extreme
Example Sentences
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None of that happened in the Palisades, with its hilly terrain covered in bone-dry brush, even though the weather service had flagged it as one of the regions at “extreme risk.”
From Los Angeles Times
The deployments, supposedly to fight crime surges, has been met with extreme resistance in the courts and on the streets.
From Salon
There have been many surprises from extreme weather events or how fast some areas are heating compared to expectations.
From Salon
The investment bubble is extreme in the U.S., as it was in 2000, but there are plenty of reasonably priced opportunities elsewhere, as there were in 2000.
From Barron's
Spain, Portugal and Britain also recorded their worst summer on record, with extreme heat fuelling massive wildfires.
From Barron's
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