balmy
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That’s because the global maps most of us are used to are as deceptive as icy Greenland’s euphemistically balmy name.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026
This January, temperatures in Nuuk hovered at an unseasonably balmy 50 degrees Fahrenheit on some days, WSJ’s Max Colchester and Daniel Michaels write in this dispatch from Greenland’s icebound capital.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Its trapped-ion architecture operates at room temperature, a meaningful advantage when competitors require cooling systems that make Antarctica look balmy.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
On a balmy afternoon in late August, 5-year-old Maxwell Haworth was playing on Rincon Beach in Ventura with his best friend while his parents watched from the sand.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
On and off and on and off until he was laughing at the magic of the running water and the chicken and bread that lay balmy in his stomach.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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