Mercury
Example Sentences
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Southern California is gearing up for a third straight day of record-breaking temperatures as an unusually long and strong March heat wave pushes the mercury up to 35 degrees above normal.
From Los Angeles Times
At Bob Hope Airport in Burbank on Monday, the mercury reached 92 degrees, breaking the previous daily record of 91 degrees set in 2004.
From Los Angeles Times
Temperatures are expected to peak Tuesday through Friday, with the mercury rising into the 80s along the coast and into the 90s and past the 100-degree mark inland, likely shattering records.
From Los Angeles Times
Studies have found dangerous levels of mercury in the residents’ bodies.
On many tracks, he crafts a thickened variation on Bob Dylan’s wild mercury sound, with gurgling organ, touches of strings and horns, and evocative swells of pedal-steel guitar.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
