tropical

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In 1999, Lee Kuan Yew, widely seen as the founding father of modern Singapore, famously credited air-conditioning with having "changed the lives of people in tropical regions" by enabling work indoors despite the heat outside.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

This cycle occurs when changes in tropical wind patterns — or trade winds — allow a massive reservoir of sun-baked seawater to slosh east across the Pacific and up against the Americas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Senior executives at the tech company Plex were eager to treat their 120 fully remote staffers to a weeklong corporate getaway in a tropical paradise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"It fuels tropical and subtropical storms and exacerbates ongoing sea-ice loss in the polar regions."

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

All of the light fixtures look like real gold, and they’ve got one of the biggest fish tanks I’ve ever seen in my life, with tropical fish swimming around.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas