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Some people experience hyperthermia from heat exposure, even in sedentary settings, such as an older individual living without air-conditioning during a heat wave—however, the risks of hyperthermia increase with exercise and lack of access to fluids.
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Ruth Jessen Hickman, Md, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
Hikers can gauge hypothermia risk, and backpackers can plan out how to prepare for a heat wave or look up how to temporarily set a broken bone.
—Hayden Field, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
But then, in early September, even the city of Los Angeles and really the entire Los Angeles basin did experience a record-breaking heat wave.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Image Last summer, the passive-house technology was put to the test when Greece endured a heat wave that resulted in the deaths of several tourists.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ruth Jessen Hickman, Md, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
Hikers can gauge hypothermia risk, and backpackers can plan out how to prepare for a heat wave or look up how to temporarily set a broken bone.
—Hayden Field, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
But then, in early September, even the city of Los Angeles and really the entire Los Angeles basin did experience a record-breaking heat wave.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Image Last summer, the passive-house technology was put to the test when Greece endured a heat wave that resulted in the deaths of several tourists.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heat wave
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat%20wave. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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