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Recent Examples of torrid Aaron Nesmith scored 20 points — and made six 3-pointers — during a torrid fourth quarter to set up Haliburton’s clutch basket. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025 The Whitecaps’ torrid start has been muted in recent weeks, winning just two of their last eight that included a soul-crushing 5-0 defeat at Mexico’s Cruz Azul in the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup on June 1 and a 2-1 loss at Columbus Crew in their last league game. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025 Sheets earned his way into being an everyday player with a torrid start to May, which included some big hits against lefties. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025 The under-18s, meanwhile, endured a torrid campaign, finishing 11th out of 13 with just five wins all season and looked like a team drained of confidence since the turn of the year. Gregg Evans, New York Times, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for torrid
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Adjective
  • Netflix continues to expand its reality TV universe, with The Ultimatum franchise returning for another searing test of love and commitment.
    Allison DeGrushe Published, EW.com, 2 July 2025
  • Football is certainly another, which is why rapper Kendrick Lamar’s willingness to hold a mirror to America during his Super Bowl halftime performance was so searing in its power.
    Andrea Williams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Here, guests and stylish locals alike graze on warm flatbreads, stacked club sandwiches, silky smoked salmon & cream cheese bagels, and sharing Seafood and Charcuterie boards—brimming with serrano ham, pillowy focaccia, smoked mackerel, and plump Atlantic prawns. Prefer a slower pace?
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • How To Clean Stovetop Grates With Vinegar Fill a pan or sink with equal parts warm water and vinegar.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Adjective
  • The greatest scientists of any age have always been those most passionate about their field — most drawn to the transcendence reflected in their studies — those whose lives were as great as their work.
    Linda McMahon, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025
  • Known for being a major sports town, Philadelphia fans have built a reputation for being a passionate bunch.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • Learning New Skills That Are Hot Enriching yourself with new skills is always worth it, but focusing on hot skills is even more rewarding.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • Officers arrived at Cumberland Mall after a woman called 911 at around 1 p.m. to report a little boy and a little girl trapped inside a hot car in the parking lot outside Dick's Sporting Goods.
    Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • As in most burning issues, there is no absolutely right or wrong answer.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Keep scrolling for more can’t-miss deals and the answers to your most burning questions about Way Day.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Anybody who thought Messi would rest after the intense international tournament does not know Messi.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2025
  • Early Friday morning, intense rain caused flash flooding across Texas Hill Country.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • That involves a narrow escape from its fiery vat of molten steel.
    Peter Balonon-Rosen, Vox, 4 July 2025

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“Torrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torrid. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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