sweltering
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In sweltering heat of 33 degrees at kick-off in Bilbao, Ulster settled well and made a strong start when Nathan Doak's kick wasn't gathered and Juarno Augustus charged into the 22.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
In the Northeast, long the epicenter of American sleep-away camp culture, many of the best-known camps were founded more than a century ago as escapes from sweltering East Coast cities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Umesh Babu, 35, spends long hours in sweltering conditions making bangles in an open-air workshop under a tin roof that offers little relief from the heat.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
She grew up on the banks of the Magdalena River, near Colombia's largest oil refinery, in a sweltering region long shaped by oil, conflict and poverty.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
It was an oppressively hot and muggy day, and it was sweltering inside the crowded space of Independence Hall.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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