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Recent Examples of overheated
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
If damaged or overheated, lithium-ion batteries can ignite or even explode — residual heat sets off a chain reaction that causes the batteries to heat up uncontrollably and spontaneously combust, a process that can happen over days, weeks or months.
—David Douglas, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
When emotions among some players became overheated, Kelce showed his leadership skills, including correctly criticizing defensive end George Karlaftis for de-cleating receiver Kadarius Toney during a non-padded practice.
—Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
Hybrid and electric cars were widely used in Pacific Palisades, and many of their damaged or overheated batteries run the risk of igniting or exploding.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Other officials noted that there was some flux if the ex-VP and her husband Doug Emhoff would be in the Dolby for sure with the overheated political climate.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
If damaged or overheated, lithium-ion batteries can ignite or even explode — residual heat sets off a chain reaction that causes the batteries to heat up uncontrollably and spontaneously combust, a process that can happen over days, weeks or months.
—David Douglas, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
When emotions among some players became overheated, Kelce showed his leadership skills, including correctly criticizing defensive end George Karlaftis for de-cleating receiver Kadarius Toney during a non-padded practice.
—Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
Hybrid and electric cars were widely used in Pacific Palisades, and many of their damaged or overheated batteries run the risk of igniting or exploding.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
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One was his heated exchange with Gore Vidal, which became so famous that a documentary about it, The Best of Enemies, was made about it in 2015.—
Doug Ducey,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2025
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On Wednesday, the second day of the trial, witness Nancy Jo Hancock — a woman who went on a date with Charles Vallow in July 2019 the night before Vallow was shot and killed — got into a heated exchange with Vallow Daybell during cross-examination.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Shore likes to use Canadian bacon for recipes that call for subtle smoke, where the lean meat is rolled or layered with a richer substance like béchamel or hollandaise and gently warmed.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2024
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Water vapor helps trap heat and could also have warmed the planet.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The molten rock was contained within the park and wasn't threatening residential areas.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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This sounds all well and good, but why haven't molten salt reactors been built before?—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Mafic igneous rock is a material rich in specific minerals that forms when magma cools.—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The park’s seven-acre boulder field contains piles of large diabase (an igneous rock) stones formed some 175 million years ago that sound like bells when hit with a hammer.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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