torrid heat
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The torrid heat has gripped China for several weeks, pushing local governments to ask residents and businesses to curb the usage of electricity.
From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023
The Italian agriculture lobby Coldiretti said Thursday that 20% of the tomato crop in Italy’s south was lost due to torrid heat and humidity.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2021
As the storm churned northward, Southern California broiled under a torrid heat wave, with a recorded temperature of 107.2 degrees in Los Angeles on Sept. 20.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2019
She suffered in the torrid heat during her first grueling day of training, and dropped out a week later.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018
A touch of approaching winter was upon it, and from the blue, unclouded sky the sun no longer shot down rays of torrid heat.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram
