hot water

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Recent Examples of hot water There was insufficient hot water at the hand sink and three-compartment sink, and the inspector found mouse and rat droppings in the kitchen and pantry. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025 Its hot water function makes quick work of sticky messes on the floor (a godsend in my house, since my kids have taken to tipping plates with maple syrup onto the floor) and the steam cleaning setting easily clears deeper stains and eliminates odors. Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025 Minutes later, inside Massey's home, Grayson told her to take a pot of hot water off the stove. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025 The body camera video central to this case was played in the courtroom three times, showing Massey talking to the deputies and removing a pot of hot water from her stove shortly before the shooting. Selina Guevara, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot water
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Noun
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    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Cut individual stems as needed, snipping above a leaf node to encourage continued growth.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • At 5-nanometre or smaller nodes (current cutting-edge chips), a tiny 30-nanometre particle (about 1/3,000th the width of a hair) can ruin a circuit and make the chip unusable.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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  • This sent Teddy down a rabbit hole of Internet conspiracy theories that ultimately led to him latching onto the idea that Michelle is an alien-in-disguise from the Andromeda galaxy who was sent to Earth as part of a plot to wipe out humanity.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Hot water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20water. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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