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She's full of hot air.
his taking credit for the rescue was mostly hot air, since the boat was actually saved by the Coast Guard
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This weather phenomenon occurs when a wildfire or other source of intense heat causes hot air to spin and create a column of fire.
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
These fans draw cooler air in through slots on the front of this thin slab section and spit out hot air from identical slots in the barrel’s rear section.
—Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Montgomery combined his early control technology and understanding of aerodynamics to create the gliders, carried high on hot air balloons and released into the sky.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
Every morning during the nine-day Canberra Balloon Spectacular (which starts March 15), the dawn skies will be filled with up to 50 hot air balloons, in a raft of shapes and colors—think T-Rex, Yoda from Star Wars, or a bagpiper.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
These fans draw cooler air in through slots on the front of this thin slab section and spit out hot air from identical slots in the barrel’s rear section.
—Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Montgomery combined his early control technology and understanding of aerodynamics to create the gliders, carried high on hot air balloons and released into the sky.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
Every morning during the nine-day Canberra Balloon Spectacular (which starts March 15), the dawn skies will be filled with up to 50 hot air balloons, in a raft of shapes and colors—think T-Rex, Yoda from Star Wars, or a bagpiper.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Hot air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20air. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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