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She added: "We have smoke and heat alarms in our flats, they did not go off."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The grass, native plants and trees are intended to provide shade and reduce heat on a schoolyard that was previously made up largely of asphalt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Drought and heat waves made much of Europe a tinderbox this summer, with wildfires raging across parts of Spain, France and Greece.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
When the power cuts out after dark in Vientiane, families wander outside to avoid the stifling heat indoors, using cell phones to light their way.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
We keep our hats on to trap heat.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Canada's retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars in US products took effect Tuesday, as a trade war between the North American neighbors heats up.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
When the Sun is more active, extra energy heats the atmosphere and makes its outer layers extend farther into space.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
That’s because ocean water expands as it heats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Alibaba 9988 -8.62%decrease; red down pointing triangle is aiming to raise $10.2 billion to invest in it artificial-intelligence buildout, looking to sharpen its edge as competition heats up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The crowd was noisier than they’d been during the other heats.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
Peat would be cut into blocks and left to dry; peat made a good, slow-burning fuel, and for generations it was what Manx households cooked on and heated their homes with.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The high cost of the books reflects an astonishing input of labor: Monotype casters form letters, numbers and symbols from lead alloy heated to 680 degrees Fahrenheit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The mixture is heated to 158 degrees Fahrenheit for three hours.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
One day in the courtroom grew particularly heated as one of Clancy's psychiatrists, Jennifer Tufts, testified for the prosecution that Clancy did not show signs of psychosis during their sessions.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
It’s only the two of them, and they’re in the middle of a heated discussion.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
His electric bill rose by only $52 a month, despite running his air conditioning and heating his pool and spa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"We've got electric blankets on every bed. We've got electric blankets on the sofa. We...only really turn heating on when it's absolutely necessary," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Nigel Staples, who runs Guernsey Fuel and Oil Watch, external, said heating oil prices had been "very volatile" in recent months and had now climbed above 100p a litre.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The estimated cost to heat a house this upcoming winter with heating oil is nearly $2,500, according to late-August estimates from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was another sign that magma was heating the glacier from below.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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