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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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He was selected to the Midsummer Classic again this season after a torrid performance in March and April (.362 batting average, 13 extra-base hits, 23 RBIs) that Bates credited to his ability to attack off-speed pitches.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Shohei Ohtani put the Dodgers in front three batters later, sneaking a go-ahead RBI single through the right side of the infield to continue his torrid late-season pace.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Intel, meanwhile, has had a torrid year set off by disastrous financial results released in August.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 27 Sep. 2024
Jaffee’s first effort, the first of 33 in black and white, was constructed around the torrid Liz Taylor-Richard Burton affair.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
Advertisement Shohei Ohtani put the Dodgers in front three batters later, sneaking a go-ahead RBI single through the right side of the infield to continue his torrid late-season pace.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Intel, meanwhile, has had a torrid year set off by disastrous financial results released in August.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 27 Sep. 2024
Jaffee’s first effort, the first of 33 in black and white, was constructed around the torrid Liz Taylor-Richard Burton affair.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
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Harris campaigned over the weekend Michelle Obama, who launched into a searing critique of the former president.Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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This searing manual deconstructs the subgenre and the process that goes into contributing to it, bringing the study thereof into a whole new era of experimentation and boundary dissolution.Tyler Thier, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2024
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This hooded jacket has the brand’s signature Omni-Heat technology, which will keep you warm and dry in unpredictable weather.Esme Benjamin, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The state will see sunny and warm temperatures with highs in the 70s, the weather service said.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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Thanks to the passionate efforts of the Saratoga Historical Foundation, the Saratoga Village Development Council and the Village Gardeners, our city flourishes with beauty, character and community spirit.Yan Zhao, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The Cloud 23 hot sauce founder and CEO and passionate chef is the eldest child of former soccer star David and fashion designer Victoria, who have known the British royals for years.Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Residents were also instructed to clean and scrub any containers with hot soapy water or bleach to remove any Aedes aegypti eggs and leave them to dry for at least a day.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Top with the remaining Sichuan pepper oil, pine nuts, and cilantro, and serve hot with rice.Lois Goh, Saveur, 13 Nov. 2024
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At private equity firm TPG, global head of human resources Anna Edwin poised one of the most burning questions for business leaders in thinking through their future talent strategies.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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Social media star Hannah Neeleman and her husband Daniel Neeleman are answering fans' most burning question.Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
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The vote came amid a moment of intense political debate about inflation.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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The stakes have never been higher — and the pressure has never been more intense.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, molten salt flows through natural circulation, cooling the core.David Szondy, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
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The very center of the planet, a solid ball of iron and nickel floating in a sea of molten rock, appears to be slowing down in relation to the movement of Earth itself.Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
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“Torrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torrid. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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