scorching hot

idiom

: extremely hot
a scorching hot day

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San Francisco is scorching hot, winning seven consecutive outings before Thursday’s stumble in the Rocky Mountains. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 June 2025 Think of the baseball player who starts the season scorching hot at the plate, only to fade in the course of the season. Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025 Kansas City Royals star Salvador Perez was scorching hot against the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025 There is no artifice once you're blasted in the face with scorching hot chicken wings. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scorching hot

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“Scorching hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scorching%20hot. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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