heat wave
Example Sentences
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The county is seeking more than $50 billion in damages for a heat wave.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Drizzle could dampen Southern California on Monday and Tuesday before a heat wave arrives just in time for Mother’s Day weekend — possibly pushing the thermometer to 90 degrees in downtown L.A. on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
The heat wave is deep, persistent and widespread, spanning from roughly San Francisco to the Mexican border.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
By mid-March, alarming snow deficits all over the Western states were capped off by a record-breaking heat wave that melted much of the remaining snowpack.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
“The first summer I was here was the summer of ninety-five, when Chicago had a heat wave that killed hundreds of people, and of course the hospital wasn’t air-conditioned,” Reilly remembers.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
