sweltering
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VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — It was 2 a.m. when a bus carrying dozens of U.S. deportees heaved into this sweltering city in southern Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Lyberth said the cool climate was "very good for leafy greens", in contrast to Europe's sweltering, drought-wracked summers.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
Hundreds of people, including children, defied the sweltering heat to attend prayers.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
Cubans are going hungry, suffering from spreading disease and sleeping outdoors with no electricity to power fans through the sweltering nights.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
I can just picture the parliament room: a hundredy-some-odd Tata Ndus in pointy hats and no-glass glasses all flicking flies away with animal-tail magic wands in the sweltering heat, pretending to ignore each other.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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