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Other insects that had seen an increase in their numbers locally included the clouded yellow butterfly, a European migratory species known to have "peak" years during unusually hot summers.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
His goo can become tacos or hot dogs or, presumably, whatever else the institutional contract requires.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Right fielder Kyle Tucker — who continued his recent hot streak with a single, two doubles and a home run on Thursday — is still on pace for the worst full season of his career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
When, exactly, “recursive self-improvement” becomes real is a hot topic in Silicon Valley and, increasingly, Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
And it was already hot enough to fry your brains through your hat.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Sork’s lab, along with the Nature Conservancy, is sequencing oak DNA to identify which trees are best built to survive a hotter, drier California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
In this scenario, dense, water-rich portions of Earth's cooler outer crust periodically sagged downward and collapsed into the hotter mantle, transporting water with them.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Arteta went on to add that his methods also include delaying meals or transport, take different routes to grounds and making the dressing room hotter and more uncomfortable for players.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It added that hotter weather benefited some businesses while creating challenges for others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Better yet, the hotter the object is, the faster its molecules move; at the same time, the hotter the object, the more energetic the ripples of light it sends out.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
One of the hottest horror directors on the planet adapting the world's most popular scary video game series?
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
So, I’m calling it now: When we realize what’s been lost, middle manager will be the hottest job out there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Unemployment was just above 3% during parts of 2022, for example, during one of the hottest labor markets in decades.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Is it any wonder that “Widow’s Bay,” which miraculously serves up equal portions of jump scares and belly laughs, is this season’s hottest series?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
And she said, “That is the hottest middle name ever!”
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
It had a lot of money behind it and, as the battle for No 1 hotted up, I started getting hate mail from Oasis fans and Jacko fans.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2018
As debate hotted up, one Twitter user provided a sympathetic look at life from the view of an empty seat with @OlympicSeat, whose profile reads: "I feel nothing but emptiness."
From Reuters ● Aug. 12, 2012
Strong colors from cobalt blue to mixes of fuchsia and orange hotted up the show.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2011
The race really hotted up on the penultimate lap when Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus burst into flames.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2010
"He was more particular in his manner to-night than hever," said the butler, as he dismembered a duck which had been "hotted up" after removal from the dining-room.
From Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Britain is hotting up - but is home air-con the answer?
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Behind the top three, the battle for a place in next season's Champions League is hotting up as Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United all secured important wins.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
The race for the top four is hotting up as Dortmund go cold.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2021
Trends in single-family homes are more of what we’ve been seeing for the past months: Markets in outlying counties keep hotting up as King County keeps slowing down.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2019
I thought things were hotting up a bit there.' i'm very sorry, sir.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
