balmy
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On a balmy August evening, Leeds dominated the ball and the territory but were unable to break down the Leopards.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The shocking incident barely registered in the US news, dominated that balmy July 2 night by the wedding of pop superstar Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden on the other side of Manhattan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
In January, when they typically would have been in balmy Palm Springs, the weather back home was dreadful, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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
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
Florida, ending one of its balmiest winters in history, last week greeted the spread of spring across the North with remarkable equanimity.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was barely five o'clock, and the balmiest summer day at Herion is wont to waken, like a spoilt child, in a bad temper of angry wind and lashing rain.
From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan
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