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as in searing
having a notably high temperature the dry, torrid summers in southern Arizona
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as in warm
having or expressing great depth of feeling a torrid love affair
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Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 Zach Werenski continued his torrid scoring pace with a goal and an assist as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. —CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026 The southern gothic The Heart, She Holler takes the convoluted elements of a soap opera — torrid affairs, small-town corruption, arbitrary plot twists — and boils them down alongside a heavy dose of gross-out surrealism to fit into 11-minute installments. —Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 And then, often just as swiftly, deleting the evidence of his torrid takedowns. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for torrid
Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 Zach Werenski continued his torrid scoring pace with a goal and an assist as the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. —CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026 The southern gothic The Heart, She Holler takes the convoluted elements of a soap opera — torrid affairs, small-town corruption, arbitrary plot twists — and boils them down alongside a heavy dose of gross-out surrealism to fit into 11-minute installments. —Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026 And then, often just as swiftly, deleting the evidence of his torrid takedowns. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for torrid
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In the wake of the extinction, on a planet beset by extreme swings in climate, with long periods of searing heat and brutal drought, Lystrosaurus flourished, becoming the most abundant terrestrial vertebrate around.— Kate Wong, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
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By his third hosting gig in 2014, he was joined onstage during his monologue by Leonardo DiCaprio, his co-star in the searing satire The Wolf of Wall Street, a Martin Scorsese picture that netted Hill his second Oscar nomination for best supporting actor after Moneyball just three years earlier.— Josh Spiegel, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026
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But with warm weather and wildfire season ahead, community leaders would prefer to see a full reservoir even if the water isn’t suitable for drinking.— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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The 2026 allergy season is objectively worse than last year’s, driven by warmer temperatures and rising CO2 levels pushing plants to produce more pollen than ever before.— Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
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More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.— semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.— Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Law enforcement made passionate pleas for parents and children alike to take gun safety more seriously.— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
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The latter is a nonstarter, given that Baker is a passionate defender of cinemas.— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
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El Niño features unusually hot ocean waters near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, along with significant changes to global weather patterns and the planet’s climate.— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
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That same trial found five minutes of daily steam inhalation produced real reductions in symptom burden — a hot shower works just as well for most people.— Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
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At Fox, Collier became known for his passional embrace of blockchain, NFTs and the whole Web3 space.— Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Nov. 2022
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?— Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2025
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?— Victoria Edel, People.com, 26 June 2025
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The area that would bear the president’s name has been subject to some of the most intense fighting of the modern age, with tens of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian troops killed in the Donbas over the past few years.— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2026
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What keeps it from feeling too intense or drying for combination skin is the cushion of tea tree leaf water, which helps calm inflammation.— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Torrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/torrid. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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