sunstroke
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However, even in younger and healthier people there is a risk of health conditions such as sunstroke and heat exhaustion.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
As soon as they landed in St. John, it was as if each cast member got sunstroke and proceeded to spend the next few days going in and out of paranoia, fear and delusion.
From Salon ● May 20, 2025
“I didn’t know what sunstroke was, and nobody had told me what could happen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
On the first day, said Mr. Gao, 39, he had sunstroke.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
"I'm tired of selling lemonade. And it's just too hot. I practically had sunstroke yesterday painting all those faces."
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
There would be more sunstrokes in the world, if it were not that the shadows of dull men made such nice cool places for the others to walk in!
From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James
A charming lady had noticed this from the verandah above, and ran down in some alarm, fearing that these young Nelsons had got sunstrokes.
From The Days Before Yesterday by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord
Don't exhaust your strength by being angry; it's bad for you in this heat; sunstrokes are sometimes brought on that way.
From The Iron Furrow by Botkin, Henry A.
There are no sunstrokes, for even in the warmest parts the dryness of the atmosphere favors evaporation.
From The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists by Giles, Harry F.
That’s how so many of them get sunstrokes, and are ruined for life.”
From Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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