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intense

[in-tens] / ɪnˈtɛns /


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As the world’s fastest-warming continent, Europe is facing a future of increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves, the European Environment Agency has said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Every koala alive today appears to descend from a single ancestral population that endured dramatic environmental shifts, including intense glacial periods.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The hazy love melody “Tremenda,” for example, underscores an intense yearning for connection.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

New Yorkers are relieved conditions are not as intense as they were in June 2023, when the skies turned completely orange because of Canadian wildfires.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

If his mental subcontractor detected a level of interest in what you had just said, it radioed a signal to the mother ship, which then wheeled around with the most intense focus.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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