Events with heats (5)

I believe the answer is:

meets

(Other definitions for meets that I've seen before include "Makes contact with" , "Hunts" , "Comes together with others" , "Encounters or suffices" , "sports gatherings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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