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sweltering

[swel-ter-ing] / ˈswɛl tər ɪŋ /


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Umesh Babu, 35, spends long hours in sweltering conditions making bangles in an open-air workshop under a tin roof that offers little relief from the heat.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

If history is anything to go by, Beijing’s diplomats will be left sweltering in waiting rooms long after the ships’ crews have returned home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

She grew up on the banks of the Magdalena River, near Colombia's largest oil refinery, in a sweltering region long shaped by oil, conflict and poverty.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Benfica's win against Bayern Munich in Charlotte was played at 15:00 local time in sweltering 36C conditions.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

He was a knight of Westeros, a man of the stormlands and the Domish marches; his place was in the Seven Kingdoms, not here upon the sweltering shores of Slaver’s Bay.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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