hothouse

Baton Rouge is a merciless hothouse that won’t accept anything short of national titles, but presumably he knows the madness he’s walking into.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

In Metcalfe’s hothouse literary universe, Blundy’s poem is important because it is a revenant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

Leeds were back in all their glory on and off the pitch as Elland Road boiled in the sort of hothouse atmosphere that will be key to their ambitions of staying in the top flight.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025

Many who follow the sport would agree that few coaches last long in those overpriced hothouse environments.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024

“Not much farther, laddie.You’re doing very well for a hothouse plant.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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

In a time when cities use biennials and other festivals to promote themselves as creative hothouses and destinations, this show seeks to revolutionize the form.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2023

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

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