swelter
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At least 101 million Europeans were forecast to swelter in temperatures of over 35C on Thursday, as scores of people were thought to have been killed by the heatwave.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Europeans prefer to swelter rather than cool down the modern way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
The Baltic Sea offers beach getaways for those who would rather not swelter in Spain or inland.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Warm spring evenings that soon will lip into summer swelter.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025
Beyond the ring of their firelight, there was nothing except animal sounds and insects, the black wildness of the jungles and swamps, the swelter of the interior.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Vocabulary lists containing swelter
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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