heat up
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Under the skylight of a 10-foot industrial ceiling is a cold, foreboding blacksmith’s forge — which, on an active day, would heat up to 2,500 degrees — surrounded by uncut, conical metal templates awaiting manipulation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Have you ever felt your smartphone heat up after heavy use or watched the battery drop at the worst possible moment?
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
With gas or oil, you can heat up a room very quickly.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
When talks around this topic began to heat up last year, experts told MarketWatch that shifting responsibility for the program to another agency wouldn’t do much to solve its fundamental challenges.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
I heat up water in the kettle and coat the bottom of a coffee cup in sugar.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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