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balmy

[bah-mee] / ˈbɑ mi /




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There has, arguably, never been a more impactful substitute double-act than Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on a balmy Barcelona evening in 1999.

From BBC May 28, 2026

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

Out in the sunlight the air was balmy, and through skies of palest sapphire sailed clouds of gossamer silk.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

Unfortunately, the same draws that make it a walkable gawk for touristas of every stripe makes it a frustrating exercise in perambulation for locals — kind of like New York’s Times Square with balmier weather.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2024

And that was balmier than had been predicted.

From Washington Post Jan. 2, 2022

Weather patterns can change because the colder poles warm faster than balmier lower latitudes.

From Economist Jul. 28, 2018

This winter’s extreme warmth was, in part, driven by an unusual number of storms in the Atlantic that brought balmier air to the Arctic.

From The Guardian Apr. 21, 2018

The air is decidedly balmier, but that's not all; there's a kind of buzzing energy.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Residents in Warsaw enjoyed the balmiest start to the year since 1999, with a high of 66 degrees Fahrenheit.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2023

In London, where the lifting of restrictions coincided with the balmiest weather of the summer, sunbathers near Liverpool Station voiced a mixture of relief and anxiety as the country ventured into uncharted territory.

From New York Times Jul. 19, 2021

Their last studio album, 2011′s Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, piped up with some of the balmiest major key tunes Mogwai’s crafted to date.

From Time Jan. 24, 2014

There are also, intercut with fact, many of the best and balmiest fictions of the time: James Cagney, ever brash and streetwise, pushing mugs around; King Kong poking his head up through the el tracks.

From Time Magazine Archive

We got here last night—into the balmiest, tepidest, dustiest south, and stay three days or so, for excursions, going probably after today's luncheon to Lourdes and back.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry




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