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Main Entry:	swel·ter·ing [swel-ter-ing] /ˈswɛltərɪŋ/ Show Spelled
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Main Entry:	sweltering
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Twenty-four hours a day in this past summer's sweltering heat, crews of ironworkers, masons.

For their entire lives, they'll dine off tales of sweltering summers in the blueberry fields.

If the burly-and surly-turbaned doormen deem you respectable, you can escape from the city's sweltering heat into its lobby.

Twenty-four hours a day in this past summer's sweltering heat, crews of ironworkers, masons.

For their entire lives, they'll dine off tales of sweltering summers in the blueberry fields.

If the burly-and surly-turbaned doormen deem you respectable, you can escape from the city's sweltering heat into its lobby.

From the sweltering tropics to backyard gardens, colorful birds dominate this collection of stunning videos.

Sweltering inland temperatures are averaged with cooler coastal weather.

Hundreds of drivers congregate in sweltering desert heat to race candy.

Of course, the sweltering season, which is only going to get hotter as.

But so many more, it seemed, withstood the sweltering heat.

Baobab trees such as this one can provide some relief from the sweltering heat.

Moscow is currently sweltering under record temperatures.

It is that time of year when reports come in of children dying of hyperthermia, after being locked in sweltering cars.

In the midst of sweltering heat waves, air conditioning can be a lifesaver, protecting against heat stroke and hyperthermia.

Hundreds of thousands of commuters were stranded, many in sweltering subway stations and aboard trains stopped by flooded tracks.

And sweltering in the dark has been only part of the problem.

In addition to the discomfort, it can keep swimmers out of the water for several sweltering weeks.

We had spent the morning sweltering behind a barred door, with daylight only through chinks and our one high window in the gable.

Survivors said they shouted and pounded the sides of the sweltering truck as the air grew thinner.

They had many benefits in the sweltering heat of the rugged border region.

It was a sweltering night and therefore no time to judge of the efficiency of the ventilating system.

It was hazy, already sweltering and the billowing emission from a steampipe swirled depressingly.

Released six hours later, the three rights workers drove off into the sweltering darkness.

Sometimes you need to stun the senses by taking a hot bath when it's sweltering outside.

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