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[heet] / hit /




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Brown fat is a specialized form of body fat that helps generate heat by burning energy, whereas white fat primarily stores excess energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

If you have furniture in front of your radiator, then try moving it to avoid blocking the heat.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Twenty of them filed suit against May Wah, saying they were subjected to spells without heat or water, and won a $1.7-million settlement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

A combination of unusually little snowfall and prolonged summer heat contributed to the extensive melting.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

It’s at the time of day between light and dark when the fairground’s twinkly lights sparkle, and the heat of the day is carried off with the cool breeze of the evening.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

As competition in the chip space heats up and design timelines compress, companies will need to supplement their design capacity with AI agents, resulting in greater usage of Cadence’s platform, Celino said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

The climate pattern also contributes to rising sea levels, since water expands as it heats up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Plus, a ‘hit or miss’ era dawns as entertainment marketing heats up again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The more dust that gathers on those windows, the less sunlight gets inside, and the slower the greenhouse heats up in the first place.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

As the universe gets smaller and smaller, it heats up more and more.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Together with the mostly rural Americans who use propane, more than half of U.S. households are heated with fuels that are expected to cost less than last winter, the EIA said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“So are my buddies, though. It’s a good time. We sometimes get a little heated, but it’s good though. It’s all in fun. So, yeah, Lakers fans should know that I’m competitive. Very competitive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

One heated exchange saw Bolsonaro telling Lula he should come stand next to him so that the two could talk.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Intermarché said its fridges had heated up to 50C for six hours overnight into Monday, and the retailer had thrown away all the affected food to avoid health risks, the Reuters news agency reported.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

I don’t want to tell her about Principal Trask because I bet Momma would get heated about that.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

He says we’re heating rooms nobody uses, and he’s right that nobody has slept in the fourth bedroom since our youngest left 12 years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

They also offer new clues to how energy travels upward through the solar atmosphere and contributes to its heating.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

As the plates move against each other, intense shearing forces could produce additional heating along their boundaries.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

"I didn't have enough money to put the heating on," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

He discovered the heating element was gone, mainly because I had taken it to see if my plans for an electrical-ignition system would work.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam


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