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In a state of sexual excitement immediately preceding ovulation. For example, Our cat's in heat so we have to keep her inside . This expression applies to most female mammals and indicates the period when the animal is fertile and most receptive to mating. [Mid-1700s]

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After a peak in heat on Thursday, temperatures will start to gradually fall over the bank holiday weekend to around average by Monday.

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Kilmer was pictured with Al Pacino at a live reading of Shakespeare's Live Read of The Merchant Of Venice in 2019, more than two decades after starring together in Heat.

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Of course, this gendered insult was nothing new—the ancient Greeks regularly insulted women as dogs in heat—but the 1990s brought what Yarrow calls an unprecedented epidemic of b***hification.

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And in “Heat,” Robert De Niro’s crew steals more than $1 million in bearer bonds from an armored van, ignoring the loose cash in the vehicle.

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Betts said it sounded like a cat in heat or in labor, so she walked over to take a look.

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