hothouse
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As last season, I expect the hothouse Elland Road atmosphere to be a crucial factor.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the CGL hothouse also turned out to be the perfect training ground for a kid who was still worrying about middle-school homework.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
In Metcalfe’s hothouse literary universe, Blundy’s poem is important because it is a revenant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
Many who follow the sport would agree that few coaches last long in those overpriced hothouse environments.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024
The plantings had, by then, expanded from the hothouse to a plot of land by the abbey—a twenty-foot-by-hundred-foot rectangle of loam that bordered the refectory, visible from his room.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
In the region affected by the Eaton fire, officials responsible for mosquito control say they do not have the funds needed to provide sufficient treatment for all the pools that are now possible mosquito hothouses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
My son was selected to join other thirteen-year-old baseball players from New England for a few days of humility at the hands of teams from California, Georgia, Texas, and other hothouses of baseball talent.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022
Over the past half-century, Stevens has become a key figure in navigating those hothouses, sometimes behind the scenes, but always with a shrewd eye and bracing lack of cynicism.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
As a child, Sandra used to explore the remnants of the alpine garden and hothouses once so loved by Ellen.
From BBC ● May 27, 2022
Narrow corridors open into immense libraries; glass doors give way to hothouses overflowing with the smells of humus, wet newspaper, and lobelia.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
