perspire
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When you perspire, the sweat on your skin can pull heat from your body as it evaporates.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023
A case could be made that the air around us on Sunday sought to clutch at us and suggest that we might wish to rest more and perspire less.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2022
And he said, ‘Coach, quarterbacks don’t sweat. Quarterbacks perspire.’
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022
Sustained exposure to certain thresholds of high heat and humidity makes it difficult for people’s bodies to cool down, as they cannot effectively perspire.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022
It wasn't just the heat that was making me perspire but my nerves about what lay ahead.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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