hot-air balloon
noun
: a large balloon that is filled with heated air and that floats in the sky with a basket underneath for people to ride in
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But for a guy who lives on a private island, kitesurfs with Barack Obama, and unearths new properties primarily by circumnavigating the planet via hot-air balloon, Sir Richard is surprisingly egalitarian.
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Heidi Mitchell, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2025
Temecula Valley Balloon + Wine Music Festival — June 20-22 — offers camping, hot-air balloon rides, wine tasting and a music lineup that'll drop soon (last year's was good).
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 8 May 2025
On a recent March morning, the actress-singer awoke at 3 to take a sunrise hot-air balloon ride over the rolling hills of Temecula, Calif.
—Ashley Spencer, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
One sequence follows another — a couple renews their vows in a hot-air balloon, then a cow moos in a field — but the cow might have been filmed before the balloon.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Heidi Mitchell, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2025
Temecula Valley Balloon + Wine Music Festival — June 20-22 — offers camping, hot-air balloon rides, wine tasting and a music lineup that'll drop soon (last year's was good).
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 8 May 2025
On a recent March morning, the actress-singer awoke at 3 to take a sunrise hot-air balloon ride over the rolling hills of Temecula, Calif.
—Ashley Spencer, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
One sequence follows another — a couple renews their vows in a hot-air balloon, then a cow moos in a field — but the cow might have been filmed before the balloon.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Hot-air balloon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot-air%20balloon. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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