hot air
Example Sentences
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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
By Thursday, the supply of cooler air will be cut off as hot air re-surges from France once again.
From BBC • May 27, 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
A hot air balloon had to make an emergency landing in the backyard of a Temecula home.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
He stood out like a hot air balloon in an otherwise empty field.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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