as in sweat
a state of nervous or irritated concern
the set designer spent the entire week before opening night in a swelter
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Recent Examples of swelter
Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article The bad news first: While the city swelters, some subway service has been melting down.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
For example, Las Vegas, Nevada, residents sweltered through 112 days of 100°F plus temperatures and Austin, Texas, residents experienced 30 days of 100°F or higher in August.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Noun
As California swelters, climate officials declare Summer 2024 the hottest on record
The global average temperature in June, July and August was a record-breaking 62.24 degrees, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article The bad news first: While the city swelters, some subway service has been melting down.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
Verb
On Friday, August 23rd, in a vast tent, a number of restaurant chefs, backed by sweltering assistants, wrought their magic.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
For example, Las Vegas, Nevada, residents sweltered through 112 days of 100°F plus temperatures and Austin, Texas, residents experienced 30 days of 100°F or higher in August.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swelter
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All the blood, sweat, and tears of someone desperately holding on to their fading glory remains, however.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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The work is difficult, with the players’ hair soaked with sweat and matted by their helmets.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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In this aerial view melting icebergs crowd the Ilulissat Icefjord on July 16, 2024 near Ilulissat, Greenland.Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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On either side, piles of community organizing supplies are melted, unrecognizable.Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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By the end of the 90-minute debate, those who had been able to bear sticking around were in a panic.Annie Karni, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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People who are impacted by natural disaster may feel a strong sense of grief, panic, loss, fear and sadness, according to the University of Houston's Department of Psychology.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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The Eaton Fire, which sparked Tuesday near Pasadena, had scorched a total of 13,690 acres and damaged at least 5,000 buildings as of Friday afternoon.Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 11 Jan. 2025
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As the worst disaster raged around them, hired hands kept working to pay the bills Jan. 9, 2025 By Thursday, neighborhoods still smoldered for miles up and down the Pacific Coast Highway, more than 5,000 homes and businesses scorched.Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Volunteers were charged around 25 cents per huff, bringing in good profit for those who’d invested in the necessary gas tanks, tubes, and breathing bags.Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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The huffs and hums, produced by two women standing face-to-face and vocalizing from their throats, is believed to be one of the oldest music forms in the world.Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
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Christine cooks on Sundays with her own menu that’s only 220 euros (about $227) a head.Camille Knight, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
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The rind will soften and impart its flavor as the dish slowly cooks.Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
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But there is no big fuss made for them, no extra support, just a gaggle of siblings walking out into a cold, stark parking lot to feel what must be every emotion imaginable, but certainly relief, heartbreak, and anger.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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The last time Donald Trump was president, Republican lawmakers eliminated 15 rules with little fuss and not much publicity.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The only difference is that the new Scribe comes with these features baked in.Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
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But once again, that also seems like a standard thing that people who really like to bake might already have.Lauren Goode, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Swelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swelter. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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