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swelter

[swel-ter] / ˈswɛl tər /
VERB
suffocate
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Soon, offices did so, too, especially in the sometimes sweltering American South.

From The Wall Street Journal

Taiwan sweltered through its hottest October on record, the weather agency said Friday.

From Barron's

He and his family settled in a small room with bunk beds and a TV, one of many rooms in a large hangar in the sweltering desert.

From The Wall Street Journal

In “Sacrament,” Straight turns her singular focus to a handful of nurses camping in a wagon train of funky, sweltering trailers near the hospital they call Our Lady.

From Los Angeles Times

He said a gaping hole in the ceiling exposed "thick black mold" underneath, and that broken air conditioning forced prisoners to endure sweltering heat.

From BBC