intense
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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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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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