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Matthew Impelli, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Videos posted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife show firefighters hosing the overheated moose down before the team used a soft stretcher to hoist it into a trailer.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
But buyers still see an overheated market — the median home price jumped 69% from April 2020 to April 2022 — and an uncertain future.
—The New York Times, Oc Register, 16 June 2025
Yet even the best code cannot rewrite chemistry: in 2023 Jaguar recalled more than 6,400 I-Pace cars after at least a dozen of them caught fire from overheated batteries—which had likely shorted from manufacturing defects in their pouch cells.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
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Fire Hoses Used to Cool Down Brakes Users in the Reddit thread discussed the cause, noting that the emergency crews were responding to the possibility of overheated brakes from a fuel-heavy landing.
—Matthew Impelli, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Videos posted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife show firefighters hosing the overheated moose down before the team used a soft stretcher to hoist it into a trailer.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
But buyers still see an overheated market — the median home price jumped 69% from April 2020 to April 2022 — and an uncertain future.
—The New York Times, Oc Register, 16 June 2025
Yet even the best code cannot rewrite chemistry: in 2023 Jaguar recalled more than 6,400 I-Pace cars after at least a dozen of them caught fire from overheated batteries—which had likely shorted from manufacturing defects in their pouch cells.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
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That clears the way for a heated World Heavyweight Championship feud between Rollins and Punk on Raw.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Chip seal contractors just have to keep the liquid asphalt hot in special heated tanker trucks.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
2 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Shore likes to use Canadian bacon for recipes that call for subtle smoke, where the lean meat is rolled or layered with a richer substance like béchamel or hollandaise and gently warmed.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2024
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Water vapor helps trap heat and could also have warmed the planet.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Nestled in a warm, soft pretzel bun, this bold creation features a juicy beef patty surrounded by a bubbling pool of molten fondue cheese—rich, creamy, and irresistible.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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There, a mantle plume or upwelling — a pillar of unusually warm molten material — moves upwards, driving the division of these rifts and the opening of the ocean basin above.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Grand Canyon Formed millions of years ago through the uplift of igneous and metamorphic rock and carved by the Colorado River through erosion, the Grand Canyon is one of America's greatest geological treasures.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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With a mix of volcanic soils and igneous and metamorphic rock and less average rainfall than other areas in Napa Valley, vines here are forced to dig deep for water, which supports vine longevity during periods of drought or low rainfall.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
20 July 2025
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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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