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During the final week, the crew worked nonstop for sixty hours in a heat wave that parched energy and drained our bodies.—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025 London has experienced heat waves in the summer, and air-conditioning isn’t universal.—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025 As parts of Southern California are bracing themselves for a heat wave, specific parts of Washington have been warned by the National Weather Service (NWS) to expect up to 8 inches of snow to fall in areas above 4,000 feet through to Wednesday morning.—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 Those heat waves pushed the race-day temperatures well above the window for peak performance.—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heat wave
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