sweltering
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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
“Your honor, I object. This case is not funny!” pleads the prosecutor amid the sweltering hilarity, but few appear to agree with him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 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
On a day of sweltering heat and unpredictable wind, the Englishman moved to 14 under par with an impeccable round helped by a stroke of fortune at the par-three 14th.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
To the north, the wind had destroyed all vegetation, and she could see the immense plains of dunes and distant hills quivering in the sweltering light.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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