hot water

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Recent Examples of hot water Jon Hamm is literally and figuratively in hot water! Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Inspectors observed standing water in the employee break room and issues with hot water in handwashing sinks. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2025 Rinse the reservoir with hot water to help dissolve any crystallized sugar. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2025 The series has been airing for three days, but this is the second time Rourke has landed himself in hot water online after he was criticized for his behavior toward TV host AJ Odudu. Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot water
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot water
Noun
  • Its menu also includes a selection of salads and soups.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Crunchy leaves and pumpkin soup characterize daily rituals as the air turns crisp in the quaint Burgundy valley where Michelle (Hélène Vincent) lives.
    David Opie, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The whale, rarely seen in the area, exhibited signs of severe sunburn, breathing difficulties and unusual behavior.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Rather than reviewing all material equally, these tools can identify specific question types causing difficulty, allowing for targeted intervention precisely where it's needed most.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Becca’s surviving twin sister, Terry (a dual-role Diane Kruger), a committed skeptic, suspects the nodes are tracking devices and that Becca’s experimental cancer treatment wasn’t on the up and up.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The system grows organically as demand increases, with new nodes joining the network to provide additional computing power.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Larry Holder explored a great rabbit hole for this story.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • That led me down a big rabbit hole trying to solve other kinds of problems using similar techniques.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Hot water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20water. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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