as in warm
having or expressing great depth of feeling
a warm-blooded defense of everyone's right to free speech
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Recent Examples of warm-blooded
The New World screwworm (NWS), a parasitic fly that eats the flesh of livestock and other warm-blooded animals, has arrived in South Texas.
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Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
The screwworm is actually a fly whose larvae infest the wounds of warm-blooded animals.
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Ilena Peng,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
Key Facts New World screwworm, a parasitic fly with larvae that burrow in healthy tissue of cattle, deer, horses and other warm-blooded animals, was first discovered in may in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the Mexico border, and the number of cases has since risen to seven.
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Screwworms are flies that lay their eggs in the wounds of warm-blooded animals and feed on living flesh rather than dead tissues.
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ABC News,
11 June 2026
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Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
The screwworm is actually a fly whose larvae infest the wounds of warm-blooded animals.
—
Ilena Peng,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
Key Facts New World screwworm, a parasitic fly with larvae that burrow in healthy tissue of cattle, deer, horses and other warm-blooded animals, was first discovered in may in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the Mexico border, and the number of cases has since risen to seven.
—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Screwworms are flies that lay their eggs in the wounds of warm-blooded animals and feed on living flesh rather than dead tissues.
—
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warm-blooded
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This tank top maxi dress is a warm-weather staple.
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El Niño isn't just moving warm water around randomly in the ocean.
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It was captured as monarch and his eldest son visited the Natural History Museum in London to kick off the countdown to COP30, the annual United Nations climate change summit to be held the following month in Brazil, as both are passionate advocates for the environment.
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Alejandra Gomez, the executive director of the non-profit LUCHA, says that the moratorium emerged from the passionate advocacy of many Arizonans—and in the face of fierce counter-lobbying from the data center industry led by former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
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At Fox, Collier became known for his passional embrace of blockchain, NFTs and the whole Web3 space.
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Goldberg, a fervent fan of the Boys in Blue, is the founder of the Echo Park Spiritual Outreach community, Nefesh.
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Rivaling artificial intelligence super PACs are seeking to affect the candidacy of Alex Bores, a New York state Assemblyman, who has been a fervent supporter of AI regulations.
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What emotional content lies just below the surface?
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Fun dads often skip the emotional pregame.
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“Warm-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warm-blooded. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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