heated

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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

As the contest to succeed Powell heated up last year, Warsh honed an elevator pitch tuned to Trump’s ears.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

“Look for another heated consumer inflation report in May,” said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Reports first emerged in the Spanish media on Wednesday that midfielders Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni had been involved in a heated verbal disagreement during training.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

No one was very hungry for the dinner he heated for us, but he said we should try to eat since it was dinnertime.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan