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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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 Romantic hot-air balloon rides: Soar above the vineyards and take in breathtaking vistas of the valley. Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot-air balloon

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“Hot-air balloon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot-air%20balloon. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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