sweltering
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The town is accessible from a battered highway that cuts through the flat, sweltering landscape.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
But when Clément Delangue and Julien Chaumond first arrived at the Manhattan offices of venture capital fund Betaworks for its “BotCamp” startup program in the sweltering summer of 2016, their goal was more modest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“It’s important for me to let her see women supporting women, and trans people too. It just feels safe and warm and loving, even though it’s sweltering and we’re amongst a bunch of strangers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Daisy Chain Fields arrived on a sweltering summer Saturday, plopped in the middle of Irvine’s suede hills, inside Orange County lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
One midnight she decided, up in the sweltering loft, I am going to survive—and the next midnight she was in the swamp, tracking after the moon in stolen shoes.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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