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Recent Examples of overheated
Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
But buyers still see an overheated market — the median home price jumped 69% from April 2020 to April 2022 — and an uncertain future.
—The New York Times, Oc Register, 16 June 2025
Yet even the best code cannot rewrite chemistry: in 2023 Jaguar recalled more than 6,400 I-Pace cars after at least a dozen of them caught fire from overheated batteries—which had likely shorted from manufacturing defects in their pouch cells.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
As a result of this downward pressure on prices, some of the markets that became the most overheated during the pandemic homebuying frenzy are now cooling fast.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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Videos posted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife show firefighters hosing the overheated moose down before the team used a soft stretcher to hoist it into a trailer.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
But buyers still see an overheated market — the median home price jumped 69% from April 2020 to April 2022 — and an uncertain future.
—The New York Times, Oc Register, 16 June 2025
Yet even the best code cannot rewrite chemistry: in 2023 Jaguar recalled more than 6,400 I-Pace cars after at least a dozen of them caught fire from overheated batteries—which had likely shorted from manufacturing defects in their pouch cells.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
As a result of this downward pressure on prices, some of the markets that became the most overheated during the pandemic homebuying frenzy are now cooling fast.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
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President Trump deployed the National Guard and U.S. Marines in the city days after the operation began amid heated protests.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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And because no Hamptons home is complete without a few luxe extras, the digs are outfitted with a heated pool, sauna, tennis court, gym, and a boat mooring.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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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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Researchers haven’t been sure exactly what drives this rifting, but a new study in Nature Geoscience suggests it is caused by rhythmic pulses of molten rock from deep below the surface.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
7 July 2025
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That involves a narrow escape from its fiery vat of molten steel.—
Peter Balonon-Rosen,
Vox,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Start in the city of Cheyenne for some history about cowboys and railroads, then wind through Medicine Bow National Forest for rock climbing or a hike among the reddish igneous rock formations of Vedauwoo.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
11 June 2025
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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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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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