hot water

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Recent Examples of hot water Yep, Paul wound up in enough hot water that the season had to be pulled. Selome Hailu, Variety, 8 May 2026 The district said a student poured hot water on a student, resulting in the burns. Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026 Lisa Kudrow is reportedly in hot water with one of her Friends co-stars, including Jennifer Aniston. Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 8 May 2026 Mix together 1/3 cup of both vinegar and baking soda in a bowl before pouring down your sink and letting the solution sit for an hour before rinsing with hot water. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot water
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot water
Noun
  • New items include a smash burger with bacon, cheese and thousand island dressing on a pretzel bun, a three cheese sandwich and roasted tomato soup, a turkey, bacon and Swiss cheese sandwich and a cob salad with habanero pork belly.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Young leaves are edible while older leaves are used for flavoring soups, stews, and meats, but are removed before serving.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • The 18th Street Station has a lot of stairs, so passengers with difficulty using stairs should use the McCormick Place station.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Low-mass stars such as red dwarfs vastly outnumber high-mass stars, a distribution astronomers call the 'initial mass function', but why this should be weighted towards lower-mass stars is uncertain — and certainly not helped by the difficulties in observing their growth.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Remove bottom leaves and place slips in a clear glass jar of clean water to cover one or two leaf nodes.
    Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 10 May 2026
  • Bajarin said Apple is most likely to wait to make chips on Intel's next node, called 18A-P, which could scale as soon as next year.
    Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Having to find a new planet to live on because Earth has become uninhabitable could send even the hardiest of minds down a terrifying rabbit hole.
    Grace Dean, Space.com, 2 May 2026
  • The ballet troupe’s 25th anniversary production follows Jack and Jill down a rabbit hole, through a cave of wonders and into Neverland, set upon music by Charlie Chaplin, Carl Davis, Carmen DeLeone and Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Hot water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20water. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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