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the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office
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For an extra hydration kick on sweltering days, blended cucumber makes a refreshing addition, packing in more electrolytes for maximum summer relief.
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Hasina Jeelani, Vogue, 12 May 2025
In Phnom Penh’s hot season, when the Cambodian capital’s sweltering, subtropical air routinely soars to 100 degrees, more workers than usual visited the infirmaries inside a factory that made baby clothes for Nike, the world’s largest athletic apparel brand.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024
On the sweltering night of Aug. 22, 2022, Hollis is plunked down on a seat outside the back door of the station near Daniel Taveras, who was popped driving into his own neighborhood.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
During a sweltering week in March 1906, American soldiers ascended Bud Dajo, a 2,000-foot volcano on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Hasina Jeelani, Vogue, 12 May 2025
In Phnom Penh’s hot season, when the Cambodian capital’s sweltering, subtropical air routinely soars to 100 degrees, more workers than usual visited the infirmaries inside a factory that made baby clothes for Nike, the world’s largest athletic apparel brand.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024
On the sweltering night of Aug. 22, 2022, Hollis is plunked down on a seat outside the back door of the station near Daniel Taveras, who was popped driving into his own neighborhood.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
During a sweltering week in March 1906, American soldiers ascended Bud Dajo, a 2,000-foot volcano on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sweltering
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“Sweltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweltering. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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