sweltering
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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
Residents in the Moreno Valley were left sweltering without power during outages on Tuesday amid triple-digit temperatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Its most famous patron, Ernest Hemingway, sits in statue form alone at the bar in the musty, sweltering darkness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
We've taken a look at how the sweltering weather has left its mark on landscapes across the continent.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
On a typically sweltering day, Caputo stood in front of a chart on the wall.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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