41.   He explained comments were made after his players had problems with the stifling heat.

42.   Henry went outside to escape the stifling heat, and when he looked upstairs, a group of girls giggled.

43.   Nebiolo added he was not worried about the stifling heat that traditionally smothers this southern city in August.

44.   Some of the leaders, standing under the sun in stifling heat, mopped their faces with handkerchiefs as the declaration was read.

45.   The pressure was as suffocating as the stifling heat and humidity.

46.   The top riders from China paced themselves in the face of the stifling heat and unfamiliar road conditions.

47.   Though El Salvador is famous for its stifling heat, the wind on the highway carries a late-night chill.

48.   With the fans cheering his every move, Lorenzo overcame stifling heat and David Lemen of Georgia.

49.   And Safin was on the ropes in stifling heat against Tommy Haas until a storm forced organisers to close the roof and resume the match in air-conditioned comfort.

50.   Arab Gulf visitors usually come to Jordan in the summer to escape the stifling heat in their desert homes.