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Recent Examples of overheated
Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
For its murders, Elsbeth often likes to riff on actual people, places, and things found in New York’s five boroughs — Mafia history, high-end restaurant culture, the overheated co-op real-estate market, and so on.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
The 2023 East Palestine incident, caused by an overheated bearing, happened in part because the company’s operating procedures and detector network didn’t give the crew adequate warning to stop the train, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
This waterproof coat has just enough coverage to keep you dry and warm without feeling overheated.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Bowman recalled a rental car dropped off at an airport on fire due to overheated brakes.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
For its murders, Elsbeth often likes to riff on actual people, places, and things found in New York’s five boroughs — Mafia history, high-end restaurant culture, the overheated co-op real-estate market, and so on.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
The 2023 East Palestine incident, caused by an overheated bearing, happened in part because the company’s operating procedures and detector network didn’t give the crew adequate warning to stop the train, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
This waterproof coat has just enough coverage to keep you dry and warm without feeling overheated.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
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Details were sparse, but things grew heated between the two men, resulting in Spilo departing the set and no longer getting a producer credit on the movie.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
9 May 2025
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The video begins by showing the usher and fan standing face-to-face in a heated argument before the staffer punches the fan in the face multiple times.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
Verb
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Shore likes to use Canadian bacon for recipes that call for subtle smoke, where the lean meat is rolled or layered with a richer substance like béchamel or hollandaise and gently warmed.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2024
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Water vapor helps trap heat and could also have warmed the planet.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Axial Seamount formed on what’s known as a hot spot, where plumes of molten rock rise from Earth’s mantle into the crust.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
8 May 2025
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But a lot of lunar crystals seem to have formed from a second reservoir of molten rock 4.35 billion years ago.—
Robin George Andrews,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Mafic igneous rock is a material rich in specific minerals that forms when magma cools.—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The park’s seven-acre boulder field contains piles of large diabase (an igneous rock) stones formed some 175 million years ago that sound like bells when hit with a hammer.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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