sweat
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The same is true when it comes to people: Since muggy air can hold less moisture, the sweat on a person’s body doesn’t evaporate as swiftly, which makes it harder to cool off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“The amount varies markedly on individuals based on weight, sweat rates and ambient temperatures,” says Dr. Joseph G. Verbalis, chief of endocrinology and metabolism at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Beads of sweat may be forming in the stock market as the selloff in bond markets continues sending Treasury yields to multiyear highs, with equity-index futures — notably in tech — pointing lower for Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
This means it did not take into account the greater risk heat poses to older people because they sweat less and tend to have weaker hearts as well as pre-existing medical conditions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Great big drops of sweat popped out on me.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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
“Even if the boss of your tech company or app startup is wearing a hoodie,” she said, “show up in sweats before you’ve established a reputation for competence and you’re starting from a deficit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Hormone therapy remains the most effective first-line option for relieving common menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats, which affect up to 75% of postmenopausal women.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
You can shower at night, and sleep in a set of those sweats from Sam’s Club.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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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
That night, she says she attended London's Tramp nightclub with Prince Andrew, Epstein and Maxwell, where she says the prince "sweated profusely".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025
He has never sweated a detail for a fraction of an instant.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
All the money Baba had spent, all those nights he’d sweated over the blueprints, all the visits to the construction site to make sure every brick, every beam, and every block was laid just right...
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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He isn’t sweating the threat of greater corporate interest in these sorts of products.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
The role of Lumiere results in a lot of sweating — the showstopping “Be Our Guest” number alone is exhausting just to watch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But in a country where you can’t eat a salad without sweating, you’re not sure anyone is looking over Boeing’s shoulder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
This coming weekend, a new heat dome is expected to leave millions sweating in the American West, from Utah and Arizona to Nevada and California.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Breathing hard, sweating with the effort of hiking through knee-deep snow, they pulled themselves up and peered over.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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