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Recent Examples of overheat
As fate would have it, her car overheated and stranded her in the 1400 block of Larimer Street in the summer of 1964.
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
The commission worked with Fitbit to recall 1.7 million Ionic watches in 2022 after receiving 115 reports of overheating batteries.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
Fix #3 - Make sure your computer isn't overheating
An overheating laptop or desktop will try to prevent damage to critical hardware components by shutting itself down.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
And if your routine involves blow drying, the Dyson Airwrap is beloved for its optimal drying capabilities, without overheating and burning the hair.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
The commission worked with Fitbit to recall 1.7 million Ionic watches in 2022 after receiving 115 reports of overheating batteries.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
Fix #3 - Make sure your computer isn't overheating
An overheating laptop or desktop will try to prevent damage to critical hardware components by shutting itself down.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
And if your routine involves blow drying, the Dyson Airwrap is beloved for its optimal drying capabilities, without overheating and burning the hair.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheat
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While a loss could bankrupt Greenpeace USA, the group says the message that fossil fuels are heating the climate and hurting people will continue.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
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Date: Thursday, Feb. 20 Time: 8 p.m. ET Location: TD Garden, Boston The championship game begins at 8 p.m. ET, and if the first matchup was any indication, this one could get heated right from the opening faceoff.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Scientists suspect that magnetic reconnection superheats the coronal plasma, and small-scale phenomena such as the jetlets or related phenomena called nano flares might play a role.—
Rebecca Boyle,
Scientific American,
1 Mar. 2024
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The use of fly ash as a feedstock eliminates the need to use limestone at all, let alone to superheat it.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes,
13 Nov. 2023
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The primary living space is warmed by a log-burning fireplace and leads to a kitchen galley partially illuminated by a skylight.—
Richard Lane,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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Photograph: Getty Images The top floor of the lodge at the Black Mountain ski resort in Jackson, New Hampshire, isn’t filled with red-cheeked skiers having lodge lunch, warming their boots by the fire, or taking a break from a day on the hill.—
Nicole Gull McElroy,
WIRED,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Overheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheat. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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