heat
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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
The country's coast guard says more bodies remain on the boat, which they were unable to board until Friday due to toxic fumes and lingering heat.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The last remaining heat advisories from the weather service are set to expire Friday evening for most of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, as well as for the Inland Empire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The locations over the past month haven’t shown high heat readings there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
My blood scrambles into a mess and heat rises up the back of my neck, making my scalp prickle.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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
Land heats up faster than the oceans, parts of Europe stretch into the rapidly warming Arctic, and changes in weather patterns have favoured more frequent and intense summer heatwaves.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
That is due to its location in the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range, where glaciers are melting at rapid speed as the planet heats.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
That’s because ocean water expands as it heats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Several thousand people had gathered along the shores of the lake for the qualifying heats, most of them climbing into the newly constructed grandstands at the finish line.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Mr. Baitz’s play is set during the Christmas season in Palm Springs, Calif., where the tensions at a family gathering grow more heated than the air outside when a long-buried family secret is revealed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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
Banks have been in a heated battle with the crypto industry over whether stablecoins can offer rewards to holders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
When the milk was heated enough, Ma squeezed every drop of water from the rennet in the cloth, and then she poured the water into the milk.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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
Jersey Consumer Council encouraged householders to use its website which compares the cost of petrol, diesel and home heating oil , externalacross the island.
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
On our right, the mountainside is heating up, bubbling with small pockets of fire.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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