hot iron
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She said the calves’ reaction to the hot iron indicates that pain medication, such as lidocaine, was not applied before the procedure.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
In the NBA, the MVP award doesn’t crown a superstar as much as it brands him with a hot iron.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
Water is routinely used in metallurgy to quench hot iron and steel, making them stronger by rapidly locking the metal atoms into a hard lattice.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 10, 2022
As Crawford explained, “They’re saying: ‘Having to wrap your hair around a hot iron and rotate it is awkward.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2018
All you had to do was hold a hot iron rod to a coil of solder, which was like a soft metal, melt it, and let the silvery material flow into place.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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