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hot water

noun

Definition of hot water

as in soup

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Recent Examples of hot water The facility went through multiple hot water outages in 2024, which caught the attention of town officials because of its impact on kitchen sanitation. — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 The inspection says Sedano’s has 30 calendar days to get hot water to that sink or the store will be in a great amount of hot water. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026 The facility’s water was measured below proper hot water temperature. — Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 This summer, news reports revealed that multiple sailors had attempted to jump overboard amid shortages of fresh food, disruptions to hot water and laundry services and exhaustion. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot water

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Stir them into a classic chicken noodle or a brothy vegetable soup.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 24 Oct. 2026
Warm up with fish soup at Klatrekafeen before hitting the seafront sauna back at the hotel.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Systems fail; unanticipated difficulties occur; things break or rot.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Even if consumers have difficulty discerning chemicals in flossing products, the environmental scientist encourages people not to stop flossing.

— Margaret Hetherman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

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Pope Leo underwent thoracic surgery to remove a cancerous node in his lung Tuesday.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The latest move by Taipei — a central node in global semiconductor manufacturing — is a significant step in curtailing black market sales to Chinese companies seeking to bypass US curbs.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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