hot air
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When AFP visited, explosions rang repeatedly through the burning hot air, as blasts split stone for mining.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
The jet stream will shift north this weekend allowing warmer southerly winds to bring hot air from southern Europe and north Africa.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Ash devils occur when heat from a fire causes hot air to rise and mix with the cool air from shifting winds, called wind shears.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
If some of the sudden national attention can feel like hot air, the local fight over these issues is about to get very real.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
The hot air tinkled the silver bells that decorated the white artificial Christmas tree that never dropped a single pine needle in the Perfect House.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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