heat wave

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Recent Examples of heat wave Another, published in June, found the deadly heat wave that swept across North America in May and June of this year was made 35 times more likely because of climate change. Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 The marine heat wave that the weather service currently is tracking started in May and covers an area from Southern California up past Canada toward the Alaska Gulf. Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025 A lot of existing NewSeed crops wilted in a heat wave or got frosted in a cold wave or got drowned in a wave wave. Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 The 2022 heat wave in India that devastated the wheat harvest. Julia Simon, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heat wave
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heat
Noun
  • Take a bite and experience a comforting wallop of warm spices, spicy ginger and smoky, perfectly balanced heat.
    Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Phoenix has become ground zero for extreme heat — not without reason — and Joan's stories are a compelling look at whether the state is doing enough to protect the people who live here.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat%20wave. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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