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muggy

[muhg-ee] / ˈmʌg i /


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In Cuba, where many fear the prospect of no electricity come summer, with its muggy heat and swarms of disease-carrying mosquitoes, people are getting creative.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Still, the muggy morning session has the Bula FC squad sweating heavily at the club's base in Ba, a town on Fiji's main island in a northern coastal area known for its sugarcane farms.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

It can feel like I’m in a muggy rainforest, even in an air-conditioned room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025

One muggy evening over the summer, I headed up to Joanne Trattoria, a cozy Italian restaurant on New York City’s Upper West Side.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2024

There was snow from time to time, always a treat, and hail, less of a treat, and sometimes sultry, muggy vapors that smelled of growth and decay.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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