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Idioms and Phrases
Become acute or intense, as in If inflation heats up, the interest rate will surely rise , or The debate over the budget was heating up . [Early 1200s]Example Sentences
Democratic primaries are heating up with progressive candidates generating early hype and centrist candidates who lost their 2024 bids announcing new campaigns in the hopes that conditions in 2026 can deliver them a win.
And now, as the new space race heats up, spawning tens of thousands of satellites in orbit around the Earth, it only stands to make the visible night sky less so.
With food delivery apps making it easy to order meals from various restaurants without leaving the house, the competition continues to heat up.
“That just helps the sugar to heat up much more evenly, so that you don't burn one side of the sugar and the other part of it is undissolved sugar,†Vu said.
When I’m done with the walk, I’ve been heating up the hot tub.
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