hot-air balloon

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The cover featured a lithograph by Odilon Redon of an enormous eye in the shape of a hot-air balloon, a piece that apparently was inspired by Poe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

From there, chunks of bedroom and kitchen silently floated over the power lines and were lowered into place, workers twisting the walls into alignment with hanging guidelines like from a hot-air balloon.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

A hot-air balloon regatta due to take place over London on Sunday 21 July has been postponed once again due to poor weather conditions.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024

Reality Steve said one of the dates was to end in a hot-air balloon ride, but it was too windy during filming for that to happen.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

According to ancestry.com, my great-great-great uncle was a “spotter” during World War One—he floated over the battlefield in a hot-air balloon and peered down into the German trenches.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman