white heat

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Head coach Steve Borthwick has, in the past, zeroed in on the continuity, cohesion and the long-term lessons imprinted by the white heat of a Test match - but was citing different evidence this week.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

But it's worth remembering that the meeting was March 21 to 22, right in the white heat of the crisis triggered by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank only days before.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2023

“The uprooting of trees and hedgerows and draining of wet places. . . . This sort of white heat of progress and technology to the exclusion of nature . . . this complete determination somehow to defeat nature.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2021

Soccer has moved on from the era when greatness was forged in the white heat of World Cups and continental championships.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021

All fire and white heat, blazing defiantly across the black.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee