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the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office
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Others joined Saturday morning on Quintana Road, near the site where 53 migrants died in 2022 after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer.
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Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026
After hearing of sweltering conditions in classrooms at Milwaukee Public Schools, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel equipped teachers with thermometers and investigated the problem over the course of the 2024-'25 school year.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Buoyed by raucous home support, the Thai star kept her composure under sweltering conditions and intense pressure to card a closing 4-under-par 68, finishing on 24-under-par 264.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Deadlock, then a daring escape While the dead and wounded were smuggled to shore and safety, the remaining sailors on board were stuck in sweltering heat, under threat from barrages from the shore, and with dwindling supplies.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
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Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026
After hearing of sweltering conditions in classrooms at Milwaukee Public Schools, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel equipped teachers with thermometers and investigated the problem over the course of the 2024-'25 school year.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Buoyed by raucous home support, the Thai star kept her composure under sweltering conditions and intense pressure to card a closing 4-under-par 68, finishing on 24-under-par 264.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Deadlock, then a daring escape While the dead and wounded were smuggled to shore and safety, the remaining sailors on board were stuck in sweltering heat, under threat from barrages from the shore, and with dwindling supplies.
—Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Sweltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweltering. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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