heated

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Cervantes, meanwhile, has heated up as he grows comfortable as a freshman, making waves for his start against Oregon in UCLA’s Big Ten championship win on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Germany's Tamara Korpatsch said it would be "embarrassing" if she had cheated against China's Wang Xinyu following a heated exchange between the pair at the French Open.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Researchers believe dense streams of solar wind squeezed Earth's magnetic field so strongly that the upper atmosphere became heated and expanded upward.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Behind the dry legal interpretation of a decades-old treaty lay a heated battle between unions and employer groups at the ILO, which played out in hearings in October 2025.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

At my house, rice boils in a plastic bag or gets heated in the microwave.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan