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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 Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pour 1 cup steaming hot water over 1/2 cup old fashioned oats in a serving bowl or mug. — Elisa Zied, Parents, 15 July 2026 To clean your washer, add 2 cups of hydrogen peroxide to the empty washer drum before running a hot water wash cycle. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 July 2026 Soak your items in a hot water mix with OxiClean, laundry detergent, and borax for a few hours. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026 Fill a large container (or a basin sink) with hot water and five to 10 drops of dish soap. — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot water

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By reproducing Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits at industrial scale, Warhol collapsed the distinction between commerce and culture, suggesting that mass production and repetition could become a form of value in itself.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026
Fresh yerba mate; Paraguayan sopa, a moist, dense cornbread made with cheese and onions; and vori vori, a rich chicken-and-dumpling soup, are among the highlights.

— Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 20 July 2026

Definition of soup

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Ferreria grew up in a Portuguese town built on construction and carpentry, while Zia’s father started a construction business that failed due to the difficulty of navigating procurement processes.

— David Prosser, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
There were logistical difficulties in shooting that sequence.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 July 2026

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More broadly, Iran’s attacks have also punctured confidence and security in the Gulf, disrupting tourism and air travel in a key global transport node, and prompting some expats to flee.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
The module then converts the message into a radio signal and broadcasts it to other nodes.

— Lesya Lapina & Sergey Hyugge, The Dial, 21 July 2026

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Still, that has not meant Trump has any less zeal for this 2020 rabbit hole.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 17 July 2026
Back in 2013, before The Athletic even existed, our own Grant Brisbee went down a statistical rabbit hole and assembled his all-time Top 10 All-Star lineups.

— Levi Weaver, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of rabbit hole

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