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sweat

[swet] / swɛt /






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Within 10 minutes, he was drenched with sweat and out of breath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

“People who are healthy controls, their heart rate goes up and there’s hand sweat, a sympathetic nervous-system response,” Sturm said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Referring to Melissa Jefferson-Wooden's winning time of 21.47 seconds, the fourth fastest ever over the distance, she added: "21.4. Muscles. Hard work, blood, sweat, tears. This is a beautiful evening."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Experts have told The Times, humidity impedes the body’s ability to cool itself naturally, because the moist atmosphere doesn’t allow for sweat to evaporate as easily, causing you to continue to get warmer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

It wasn’t much better outside, but the light breeze dried the sweat on his face and T-shirt.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

In a voice heavy with fatigue, she recounted more days of fever, sweats, hallucinations and temporary blindness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

My glass of vermút sweats down to the turquoise tabletop.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

If Reilly was at times overbearing — and known for being the kind of hellacious boss who gave employees night sweats — he was also generous and a genuine bleeding heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Research suggests your body sweats more quickly to get rid of the excess heat after a hot drink.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The man sweats, dabbing his brow with his pocket square, his hands shaking as he puts it away.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

In cold weather, stopping was dangerous because the men sweated so much that they were at risk of hypothermia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Workers sweated in choking heat and pupils stayed home on Tuesday as an early-summer heatwave smothered much of Europe, sparking health warnings.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Uruguay, whose concerted renewables push has granted almost total energy independence, sweated little during the 2022 energy shock, and now has the ability to export clean power to neighbors in need.

From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2026

"But," she continued, "I prefer to think of it as a life lived, a life survived, a life enjoyed, a life sweated, and a life carried on, hopefully."

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

Gertner went off with the documents explaining CDOs to potential investors and sweated and groaned and heaved and suffered.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

I, meanwhile, was carrying a sweating plastic cup.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

It’s easy to imagine students sweating through grueling tests of guitar technique and herculean vocal challenges, but one of Dean’s key lessons was about band dynamics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"At night we're sweating, we're irritable, we have children to look out for, elderly people who need electricity for oxygen tanks," she told the BBC's US partner CBS.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

He isn’t sweating the threat of greater corporate interest in these sorts of products.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

When my eyes open, I’m sick to my stomach and sweating, the afternoon sun streaming around the edges of the curtains and Siunek’s heavy frame.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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