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the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office
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Listen to this article On a sweltering July day this past summer, straphangers trying to get home on the J train were left to sweat it out on the platform.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2024
On a sweltering summer day in 1935, Briony becomes entangled in a confusing series of events.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
Since new laws cannot take effect until 90 days after the legislative session ends, which is itself a fluctuating date, that uncertainty stretched out across Arizona’s sweltering summer.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
It was meant to be a typical sweltering August day in Georgia for the Fearless Fund.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2024
On a sweltering summer day in 1935, Briony becomes entangled in a confusing series of events.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
Since new laws cannot take effect until 90 days after the legislative session ends, which is itself a fluctuating date, that uncertainty stretched out across Arizona’s sweltering summer.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
It was meant to be a typical sweltering August day in Georgia for the Fearless Fund.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Sweltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweltering. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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