as in sweats
a state of nervous or irritated concern
the set designer spent the entire week before opening night in a swelter
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Noun
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The fool-proof formula feels like your favorite sweats but looks far more intentional.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026 -
For a slightly more polished feel, make like Mila Kunis and style your sweats with a simple yet sophisticated longline wool coat that preferably has a slightly oversized fit.—
Georgia Lockstone,
Glamour,
2 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That’s the difference between fury that scorches everything in sight and anger that fuels justice.—
Marc Brackett,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Potent scenes fail to be as intense as Taylor’s grind-you-up performance that scorches everything and everyone around her.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
22 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Even something as innocent as icicles can grow and damage your gutters with their weight or pry under your shingles and retreat into the attic, where the ice often melts to cause more damage in its water form.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
12 Dec. 2025
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In fact, once these co-ops are legalized, the individual market likely melts away, and everyone in America would gain the benefits that normally accrue to the group market.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Continue reading … FAVORITE FOODS – California librarian cooks meals from tombstone recipes to honor strangers.—
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FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Soaking time aside, this Instant Pot dish comes together quicker than your typical black-eyed pea recipe and cooks the peas to perfection.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Mason roasts coffee beans from Ethiopia, Brazil and Colombia and supplies them to coffee shops throughout metro Detroit.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The company then freshly roasts the beans in small batches at its Grapevine cafe.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Blood orange and saffron ignite the air, myrrh smolders beneath, and the woods hum with market heat.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In season two, based on the nine of 15 total episodes provided to critics, the restraint wavers and the balance begins to tilt.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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Throughout, the depth and quality of Sullivan’s attention to prosaic detail—even plain and unappealing objects—never wavers.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
26 Dec. 2025
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“Swelters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swelters. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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