heat wave
Example Sentences
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Amid the heat wave, thousands of Southland residents were sporadically without power as outages popped up in different communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Over in San Francisco, which faced down a severe heat wave in March, Google Weather users were left flummoxed by the charts of low-70s temps, way milder than the 90-degree record felt by downtown residents.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Europe has sweltered through one heat wave after another this summer, and its green disavowal of air conditioning comes at an economic cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
After a bit of a reprieve from an oppressively hot summer, another heat wave is set to scorch Southern California this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
On July 20, in the midst of an enervating heat wave in Austria, he traveled from Brno to Vienna to take the oral part of the exam.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
