heat
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Mica Moore, who represented Team GB four years ago but has since opted to compete for Jamaica, sits 15th on 2:00:98 before Monday's medal-deciding heats.
From BBC
At risk was power and heating for thousands of homes in Ukraine’s capital.
“Unlike dogs who can mate a couple times a year, come into heat a couple times a year, wolves aren’t that way,” said Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity.
From Los Angeles Times
I think heat of the moment I would allow for as well.
From Barron's
"There is nothing about today, in the heat of the moment, where you are, in any form, in a cognitive state," he said.
From BBC
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