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Recent Examples of overheat
While the rest of Europe struggles to keep from overheating during the increasingly hot summers, Turku is positively chill.
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Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
The firefighters have reportedly identified the origin of the flames as overheating of a cable.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The group notes that people using that option should use newer box fans, and be sure the motor is clean to reduce the risk of overheating.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Remove all covers as soon as the weather has passed so that your plants have access to sunlight and don't overheat.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
The firefighters have reportedly identified the origin of the flames as overheating of a cable.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The group notes that people using that option should use newer box fans, and be sure the motor is clean to reduce the risk of overheating.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Remove all covers as soon as the weather has passed so that your plants have access to sunlight and don't overheat.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheat
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The wellness area of the hotel has a beautiful indoor/outdoor swimming pool heated all year round.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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The team brewed the tea bags as a consumer would (minus the tea leaves) in sterile water heated to 95 degrees Celsius, or 203 degrees Fahrenheit, with constant stirring and then measured the number of plastic particles released.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
19 Jan. 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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For Times Subscribers Twice a Week The Tilt See the latest Get clear-eyed analysis News and insights for a warming world.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Cold weather services Despite the increase in homelessness, the state only has roughly 650 warming center beds, according to the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Overheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheat. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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