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swelter

[swel-ter] / ˈswɛl tər /
VERB
suffocate
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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

They swelter at summer temperatures that eclipse the city average by 8 degrees Fahrenheit and the Catalina Foothills by 12 degrees.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024

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

I asked Mother if I could cut off my hair, which hung in a dense swelter all the way down my back.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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