sweltering heat

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In sweltering heat at a fuel station, 24-year-old Tushar wielded a hammer as he fitted a Trump face cover to a three-wheeled rickshaw.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Hundreds of people, including children, defied the sweltering heat to attend prayers.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Drenched in sweat and tears, Diego Montes could finally gasp for air in the sweltering heat of the San Fernando Valley summer.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

Thousand of fans turned out to march to the stadium together, walking 45 minutes from the city centre in sweltering heat.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

In contrast, Europeans in North America are generally shown as being fully clothed, even in the sweltering heat of summer.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz