31.   Retailers in September managed to shake off the worst of the summer doldrums, which had been widely attributed to the oppressive heat in August.

32.   That and the oppressive heat has the natives certainly working up an edge.

33.   The air is crisp and clean, and the usually oppressive heat is mild on this midweek afternoon.

34.   The hospital has donated wet rags for people working in the oppressive heat.

35.   The oppressive heat will lessen across the northern Plains on Sunday as a cool front sweeps through the region.

36.   The oppressive heat is beginning to choke off urban wildlife.

37.   The oppressive heat that blanketed the Northeast and Middle Atlantic states on Tuesday will continue in many of the same areas on Wednesday.

38.   The worst months in Malaysia for oppressive heat and humidity are March, April and October.

39.   Where, for a change, oppressive heat and humidity need not be factored in.

40.   While some relief from the oppressive heat is occurring from eastern Texas to the Southeast coast this weekend, heat is expanding in the West.