heat-seeking
adjective
: designed to follow the heat from an airplane or rocket in order to destroy it
heat-seeking missiles
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The Moment didn’t tell me anything new about our heat-seeking, sell-out-at-any-cost moment, but I was entertained and, in the end, something close to touched by the human cost of it all.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Heat-seeking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat-seeking. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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