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hot water

noun

Definition of hot water

as in soup

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Recent Examples of hot water Boxes contain six instant packets that can be prepared with hot water or in the microwave. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 The disease does not generally spread from person to person but infections can occur if the bacteria get into a building's water supply, including in shower heads, sink faucets, hot water tanks, heaters, cooling towers and other plumbing systems. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 July 2026 While some people use hot water to initially brew their iced tea, others prefer a cold brewing process. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 Police responded to other arguments in November 2022 and in August 2021 when the son was seen throwing hot water in the hallway, cops said. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot water

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It’s been six years since Olive Garden last offered its Pasta Pass, but the unlimited pasta, soup or salad and breadstick pass is returning.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
Think of it as functional floor art that can still stand up to soup spills and sourdough baking.

— Vy Yang, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2026

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Argentina will be a significant step up in difficulty but England have enough attacking quality to trouble the reigning champions.

— Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
But in keeping with its protagonist’s difficulty staring at his feelings head-on, The Vampire Lestat—and the marketing that preceded its premiere—doesn’t start with ballads or sensual odes to far-reaching love.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

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With control of a device, the hackers then use it as an exit node when probing or attacking targets in the communications, defense, energy, financial services, and government sectors.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Rather than relying solely on smaller manufacturing nodes, Dongfang Suanxin aims to improve performance by redesigning how chips process and move data.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026

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