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hot water

noun

Definition of hot water

as in soup

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Recent Examples of hot water The oven baked hot water cornbread, however, steals the show with fragrant orange zest, crisp crust and a substantial crumb. — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026 Products like electric appliances are one way to address the significant amount of pollution driving climate change that comes from cooking, heating and cooling living spaces and providing hot water in buildings. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 This is not the only time a celebrity has gotten in hot water for referencing JFK’s assassination in their Halloween costume. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2026 Separately, OpenAI got into hot water when its models escaped a testing sandbox in July and hacked Hugging Face to cheat on a security evaluation. — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot water

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Noun

Above the deli were large menus describing the food and a separate menu for hot soups.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Maximize nutrition and flavor while minimizing effort with this collection of cozy soups and stews.

— Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

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Trump’s notoriety for corruption may finally be eclipsing his populist appeal, and even rhetoricians as skilled as Jennings have difficulty making a case for him.

— Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
The company highlights risks, including potential political headwinds, its complex infrastructure needs as well as the difficulties that can come from balancing safety and commercial objectives.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

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Democrats must also take on corruption, a key node connecting the country’s domestic and foreign policy crises.

— MATTHEW DUSS, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
Data collected from multiple sensor nodes were then combined within a central data infrastructure to generate localized precipitation maps.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

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