Mercury

Example Sentences

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If the mercury is going to hit 100 degrees and wind is picking up — and in previous years that led to withering flowers — that will guide the prediction.

From Los Angeles Times

Initial testing by the nonprofit environmental group Heal the Bay in the weeks after the fires documented a spike in lead, mercury and other heavy metals in coastal waters.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet earlier this month, a new Consumer Reports investigation did not detect mercury in any of the formulas tested, including Bobbie infant formula.

From Salon

Southern California is gearing up for a third straight day of record-breaking temperatures as an unusually long and strong March heat wave pushes the mercury up to 35 degrees above normal.

From Los Angeles Times

At Bob Hope Airport in Burbank on Monday, the mercury reached 92 degrees, breaking the previous daily record of 91 degrees set in 2004.

From Los Angeles Times