temperature
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Key signs can be "checking" behaviours, such as frequently examining your body, taking your temperature, blood pressure or researching symptoms online.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
An outdoor thermometer clocks a temperature of 100 degrees as the sounds of Y2K-era reggaeton reverberate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The cave's water temperature stays close to 20°C, providing a relatively stable environment for the tiny mollusks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The truck's air conditioning malfunctioned, and the temperature inside soared as it drove north to San Antonio, Texas.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Forty, fifty, even sixty below zero—actual temperature, not windchill—seems to change everything.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Researchers warn that rising temperatures could add to the pressure on wild pollinators.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
But environmental groups link its initial appearance in the canal to warming seas, saying rising temperatures are pushing warm-water fish northwards, with subtropical sharks following in pursuit.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Garner-Gatley said she had started going to bed earlier to keep warm while watching television and had recently begun using a hot water bottle and bed socks as evening temperatures dropped.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Along the way, it experienced unusually high temperatures at shallower depths before entering conditions associated with a relatively cooler type of subduction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
A phenotype, in contrast, refers to an organism’s physical or biological attributes and characteristics—the color of an eye, the shape of a wing, or resistance to hot or cold temperatures.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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