white heat

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Born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, he came to power as the Sixties began to swing, promising to forge a new Britain in the "white heat of technology".

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

But it's worth remembering that the meeting was March 21 to 22, right in the white heat of the crisis triggered by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank only days before.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2023

“The uprooting of trees and hedgerows and draining of wet places. . . . This sort of white heat of progress and technology to the exclusion of nature . . . this complete determination somehow to defeat nature.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2021

Soccer has moved on from the era when greatness was forged in the white heat of World Cups and continental championships.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021

The first bolt of white heat missed, drilling a hole in the wall that sent up a strange cloud of dust.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner