heated

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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

He was seen in a heated exchange with Boro boss Kim Hellberg.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Times columnists Gustavo Arellano, Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria absorbed the rhetorical blows, followed the heated back-and-forths and took in each and every one of the candidates’ myriad policy prescriptions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

OpenAI was founded as a non-profit in 2015, but established a for-profit subsidiary in 2019 as the AI race heated up.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

She’s an aerialist and she got the straight scoop from a good authority—her spotter heard Uncle Al and the advance man exchanging heated words outside the big top.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen