heat up
Example Sentences
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Things do heat up at times in “Tommy and Tuppence,” but they stay mostly hot in “Neagley,” with Maria Sten taking her recurring “Reacher” role to center stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
If you heat up food—by frying it in a pan, for example—it will usually form some amount of acrylamide without adding any other ingredients at all.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Another major test for the market this fall: The IPO calendar is expected to heat up, with at least one blockbuster offering, from Anthropic, and other high-profile names expected to list, as well.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
In Asia, a trio of central bank decisions headline the week as the Middle East crisis keeps the heat up on inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Sometimes she eats the way Gogol and Sonia do when they visit, standing in front of the refrigerator, not bothering to heat up the food in the oven or to put it on a plate.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
