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The 35-person board led by Casey Wasserman, who was recently under heat for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, is meant to help plan and execute the upcoming Olympic Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
In 30C heat, I am finding it hard to keep up, with Karl showing no sign of fatigue, despite having trekked 10 miles before lunch.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The impact churned up and loosened the material around the crater, leaving it less dense and less able to hold onto heat after sunset.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
This year’s El Niño is on track to be the strongest in at least 70 years, with the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization warning of flooding, drought and extreme heat throughout the winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
A few moments later, the intense heat was gone.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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When the Sun is more active, extra energy heats the atmosphere and makes its outer layers extend farther into space.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Himalayan glaciers, which provide critical water to nearly two billion people, are melting faster as the planet heats, exposing communities to unpredictable, costly disasters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
That’s because ocean water expands as it heats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Hughes, who works for her boat-builder father, fell short in the singles and team heats in Pocomoke City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mamita gets up early too, and heats up my soup and watches me eat, which is maybe her way of saying good luck.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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New heated debates are flaring up across the industry as CEOs, researchers and policymakers grapple with what it means to pace the frontier.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Despite the heated rhetoric, hope remains that the two global rivals can agree on something regarding the technology when the leaders meet in Washington.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Mr. Baitz’s play is set during the Christmas season in Palm Springs, Calif., where the tensions at a family gathering grow more heated than the air outside when a long-buried family secret is revealed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company was once estimated to be worth nearly $100bn, but has faced heated competition, trade tensions and questions over the ethics of its supply chain.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
There was a warm ball in my belly, and the warmth spread through me so I was heated from the inside out.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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In the northeast, where many families warm their homes with heating oil, a close cousin to diesel, residents are now bracing for colder weather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“We’re expecting another record-breaking year where more people are going to need help,” said Perkin Simpson, chief executive of Generation Power CT, a Connecticut nonprofit that provides financial aid for heating oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In late May, a chemical storage tank with more than 7,000 gallons of toxic material began heating up – fast.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Under some heating conditions, chlorine from sucralose may become incorporated into other compounds whose health effects remain uncertain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
It was for cooking, heating the house, heating water for baths.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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