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More than eight in 10 of the world's chalk streams are found in England, but the current prolonged hot and dry weather puts pressure on the wildlife that calls the rare waterways home.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
A deal for OpenRouter could allow Stripe to seize upon a hot area of growth in the AI market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Japan introduced this year a new term to describe heat above 40C called "kokushobi", which translates to "cruelly hot day".
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
"They get blisters on their feet, their eyes become watery and the hot sand burns their skin and eats up their hair when they are sitting," said the 40-year-old who owns around 500 camels.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
A flaming red rage rips through me, scorching hot, making me vibrate with a ferocity unlike anything I’ve felt before.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
On Thursday, at least six places experienced 40C temperatures or hotter by early afternoon, while the mercury rose to 39.9C in three other locations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
I drew that potent conclusion from it when I first saw it, before our summers grew hotter and a long-ago sight I’d planned to repeat became something closer to a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Even though El Niño brings hotter and drier conditions to the north, researchers haven’t conclusively found it leads to larger or more frequent fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Summer keeps getting hotter, but record temperatures aren’t keeping runners from their daily jogs or fall marathon training.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
He added more coal to the stove, for the stronger the fire, the hotter the air and the faster the balloon rose.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia is one of the hottest and driest places on Earth, where nomads often lead camel caravans carrying salt through the desert.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The hottest tech trades of 2026 just got slammed — smart investors are buying anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Now the decade’s hottest IPO represents a brutal reality check.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
He was the hottest name in the nation.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
As debate hotted up, one Twitter user provided a sympathetic look at life from the view of an empty seat with @OlympicSeat, whose profile reads: "I feel nothing but emptiness."
From Reuters ● Aug. 12, 2012
Strong colors from cobalt blue to mixes of fuchsia and orange hotted up the show.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2011
Capital immediately rejected the idea and said it would press on, and today the war of words hotted up.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2010
The race really hotted up on the penultimate lap when Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus burst into flames.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2010
There's some milk hotted for you, Miss, and some biscuits.
From The Captives by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
Britain is hotting up - but is home air-con the answer?
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
After wins for Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest over the bank holiday weekend, the quest for safety is hotting up.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Behind the top three, the battle for a place in next season's Champions League is hotting up as Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United all secured important wins.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
The race for the top four is hotting up as Dortmund go cold.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2021
I thought things were hotting up a bit there.' i'm very sorry, sir.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
