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the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office
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On a sweltering summer Sunday in July 1919, a group of Black teenagers with a makeshift wooden raft unintentionally drifted across an invisible boundary line into an area of Lake Michigan near 29th Street used by white beachgoers.
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Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2024
On a sweltering Saturday in D.C.’s Lincoln Park, at a 50th anniversary celebration for the bronze statue of pioneering civil rights activist and educator Mary McLeod Bethune, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) took the stage with a plea for the crowd.
—Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
On a sweltering day last summer, Maryland and Baltimore officials gathered at Coppin State University pledging change for West Baltimore.
—Annie Jennemann, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024
After reaching 100 degrees for the first time this year over the weekend, Dallas-Fort Worth is in for a sweltering week.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2024
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Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2024
On a sweltering Saturday in D.C.’s Lincoln Park, at a 50th anniversary celebration for the bronze statue of pioneering civil rights activist and educator Mary McLeod Bethune, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) took the stage with a plea for the crowd.
—Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
On a sweltering day last summer, Maryland and Baltimore officials gathered at Coppin State University pledging change for West Baltimore.
—Annie Jennemann, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2024
After reaching 100 degrees for the first time this year over the weekend, Dallas-Fort Worth is in for a sweltering week.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2024
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“Sweltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweltering. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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