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swelter

[swel-ter] / ˈswɛl tər /
VERB
suffocate
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That's where they've remained since Feb. 20, receiving little water and stale food as they swelter in the Panamanian heat.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2025

People labor six days a week in the tropical swelter, through torrential rains and under the punishing sun.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2023

The same principles apply to commercial aircraft, as evidenced by passenger flight disruptions during periods of prolonged extreme heat in the Southwest, including this summer’s swelter.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2023

Times photoshoot; she is miraculously impervious to the summer swelter.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2023

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




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