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Recent Examples of overheatWith spring slowly approaching, Aritzia’s Sweatfleece shorts are the perfect closet addition for their midweight fleece fabric that doesn’t overheat.—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026 About 81,000 Babysense baby monitors are being recalled because the display unit can overheat and potentially start a fire.—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 2 Mar. 2026 Remove covers during the day so plants don't overheat in the sun.—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026 Overloading the dryer causes some fabrics to overheat while others are left damp.—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overheat
Cala’s systems, which will hit the market later this summer, are designed to superheat water in the tank when electricity is cheap, then store it until needed.
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Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Use the sun’s rays to superheat the soil using the greenhouse effect.
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Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
Growing research seems to indicate that a warming world from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas could be making El Niños stronger, but climate scientists said that’s not quite a consensus yet.
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Seth Borenstein,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
Some call El Niños that pass this threshold of warming super El Niños — relatively rare occurrences that are more likely to generate wide-ranging effects.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026