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having or expressing great depth of feeling a warm-blooded defense of everyone's right to free speech
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Recent Examples of warm-blooded Until now, that comparison was incomplete, largely focused on warm-blooded animals like mammals and birds. —
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026 The New World screwworm Bessent referenced — a parasitic fly that eats cattle and other warm-blooded animals alive — has been spreading in Central America and Mexico, and prompted Washington to suspend cattle imports from Mexico in May. —Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025 The parasitic fly lays eggs in the open wounds of warm-blooded animals. —Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025 To be certain, more research is needed in other animal groups — including terrestrial animals, which can have complex external geometries such as feathers and hair, and warm-blooded, or endothermic, animals such as mammals and birds. —Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warm-blooded
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026 The New World screwworm Bessent referenced — a parasitic fly that eats cattle and other warm-blooded animals alive — has been spreading in Central America and Mexico, and prompted Washington to suspend cattle imports from Mexico in May. —Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025 The parasitic fly lays eggs in the open wounds of warm-blooded animals. —Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025 To be certain, more research is needed in other animal groups — including terrestrial animals, which can have complex external geometries such as feathers and hair, and warm-blooded, or endothermic, animals such as mammals and birds. —Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warm-blooded
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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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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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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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This propulsive documentary follows Climate Defiance and founder Michael Greenberg’s unabashedly disruptive protests, expressing their fervent and urgent demands for climate action in the spaces — and faces — of industry executives and politicians exacerbating the crisis.— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
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The reality is that Medicare and Social Security enjoy fervent public support.— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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Is there an emotional component for you at this moment?— Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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From the opening scene of the family’s move to town, the soft and wistful light shapes the film’s emotional world.— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Warm-blooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/warm-blooded. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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