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hot water

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Definition of hot water

as in soup

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Recent Examples of hot water Priced at $20 for packs of 10, the drinks come in single-serving powder sachets that are meant to be dissolved with hot water and can be served iced and/or with a choice of milk. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 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 New research found that 30 minutes in hot water could lower blood pressure more than a 30-minute workout. — Sukhman Rekhi, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2026 Wash the towel in hot water and check the stain before drying. — Anyssa Roberts, The Spruce, 28 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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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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Essentially, this means the ship will form one node in a network of ships that share and coordinate data in real time.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Once a dominant force in the chip manufacturing landscape, Intel hit major delays with its 7- and 10-nanometer nodes, triggering the stock's worst year ever in 2024.

— Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

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