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Adjective
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Now, 45 years ago, snowflakes briefly dusted tropical palm trees, windshields, and people from Miami to Palm Beach — a freak and brief winter wonderland and the only South Florida snowfall on record in the 20th century.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
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The partnership with the Tao Group will see the pool complex transformed into a tropical oasis with a capacity of 3,000 party-goers.—
Ryan Slattery,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The series blends together fantasy and romance, which means readers get to enjoy both steamy scenes and dragon riding.—
Rebecca Scofield / Made by History,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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After each fight, a film tells a history: steamy Aztec jungles, pueblas and markets, scenes of battle and revolution, all building toward a futuristic cityscape meant to show what Mexico could become.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This summery eggplant recipe is a riff on Sicilian classic Pasta alla Norma — with no pasta.—
Janelle Bitker,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Dec. 2022
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Not your typical coconut/sunscreen scent, but still so summery.—
Olivia Fleming & Jenna Rosenstein,
Harper's BAZAAR,
5 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Everything's hot and muggy, and there's voodoo and magic and booze and music permeating the air.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
6 Dec. 2024
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Some spots in the desert Southwest were expecting temperatures topping 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius), and hot, muggy conditions also permeated the Deep South and Middle Atlantic.—
Prarthana Prakash,
Fortune,
5 July 2024
Adjective
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Also in the Big Apple, Olivia Rodrigo and her beau Louis Partridge try to keep warm in the chilly weather as Ben Stiller promotes Severance season 2.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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DeSantis’ best choice would have been to appoint a caretaker in Rubio’s place, someone content to keep the seat warm until the next election.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Only one person could do it at a time, which meant that there was constant barging in and interruption, as impatience to speak grew more feverish and more relentless.—
Louise Glück,
The New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2025
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Symptoms include eye redness, flu-like symptoms, feeling feverish, cough and sore throat, as well as a runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headaches, fatigue and shortness of breath.—
Austin Corona,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The star's beloved curtain bangs were present and accounted for, of course, as was her often-imitated, Tiktok-viral flushed, blushed baby pink cheek.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
6 Dec. 2024
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Kind of flushed and sweaty right now, though—sticks in her hair and mud on her chin.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 Nov. 2024
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“Canicular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canicular. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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