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heat

[heet] / hit /




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But the prospect also carries environmental risks if increased traffic accelerates Arctic melting, with soot emissions that settle on the ice cap trapping heat from sunlight.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Bogs, normally resilient to heat, have been burnt and partially destroyed, it added.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

After an abnormally warm winter and a blistering March heat wave, California has seen a surge in mosquito activity that has driven West Nile virus activity to a five-year high.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures added to Tuesday’s gains with support from late-summer heat that should keep up power-sector demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The clamor inside this floor was just as loud as the one below us as the workers panicked, and I felt like my brain was going to explode from all the heat and noise.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Hughes, who works for her boat-builder father, fell short in the singles and team heats in Pocomoke City.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Compatriot Filip Nowacki, who won 200m gold and 100m silver in Glasgow, finished 18th in the Paris heats so also missed out on the semi-finals.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Beijing "tolerated" it for a while, but "the Manus case marks a major turning point" as the US-China AI race heats up, Wendy Chang at the Mercator Institute for China Studies told AFP in April.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

On the whole, however, California is making more clean electricity, and the amount made from natural gas, which generates air pollution and heats up the climate, has been declining over the last few years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Someone raids the Dauntless kitchens and heats up the imperishables kept there, so we have a warm dinner that night.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

"A hit list of the haves and the have-nots - a scarlet letter," Hanks said during a heated public meeting at City Hall on Tuesday.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

“With a rose garden in the front, pergola in the back, and heated pool off the side of the home there is a perfect outdoor space for any time of day,” the listing notes.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

No navigation, no inductive charging pad, no remotely operated rear window, no heated driver’s seat, no high-end audio, no powered side-view mirror adjustment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Another possibility is that it was heated later, destroying clay minerals that had once been present.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

I noticed he followed the game closely once it began, but I forgot about him as it heated up.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

These states give researchers another way to alter material behavior beyond conventional approaches such as heating or cooling.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

Steamed-up windows, lumpy seats and heating that often did not provide much warmth - all familiar memories of the journey to school for generations of children.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Diesel is also a major heating fuel in parts of Europe and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

But homeowners can see much bigger monthly bills during the scorching summer or freezing winter months, when they might run their heating or air-conditioning systems more aggressively.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

He discovered the heating element was gone, mainly because I had taken it to see if my plans for an electrical-ignition system would work.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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