as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
the appeal of piping hot cocoa after an afternoon of shoveling snow
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Recent Examples of piping hot
Grab this classic Black and Decker drip coffee machine that can brew up to five cups of piping hot coffee without any extra bells, whistles, or accessories.
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Clara McMahon, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Is the top of your tray of classic lasagna getting dark, but the inside isn’t quite piping hot?
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
Hydro Flask French Press This stainless steel Hydro Flack French Press keeps coffee piping hot for hours.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Wondering what a piping hot baked potato and bacteria have to do with each other?
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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Clara McMahon, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Is the top of your tray of classic lasagna getting dark, but the inside isn’t quite piping hot?
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
Hydro Flask French Press This stainless steel Hydro Flack French Press keeps coffee piping hot for hours.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Wondering what a piping hot baked potato and bacteria have to do with each other?
—Lauren David, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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The Brutalist is a Fitzcarraldo fable of artistic endeavor, a universal immigrant tale and a searing indictment of capitalism Jones plays opposite Brody as Tóth’s wife, Erzsébet, in an indelible portrait of a woman physically broken by war who remains resolutely unbroken in spirit.Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2025
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The nearly three-hour podcast was a perfect storm of virality: comedy, conspiracy, and searing insult, leaving the internet in tatters.Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Offering hot drinks and a lounge with sofas, as well as booths for injections, the Safer Drug Consumption Facility is the first of its kind in Britain and follows similar initiatives in other cities around the world, including New York.Stephen Castle, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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These hot, dry, east-to-west winds caused by a high-pressure system are typical of the Santa Ana winds, which can afflict Southern California more than a dozen times per year.Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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At private equity firm TPG, global head of human resources Anna Edwin poised one of the most burning questions for business leaders in thinking through their future talent strategies.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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Next is the liquid outer core, made of molten iron and nickel, which is about 1,300 miles thick and has temperatures between 8,000 and 10,000 degrees.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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For example, the magma nearest the surface of the Yellowstone Caldera contains a lot of silica, which lends the molten rocks a sticky, viscous, and slow-moving quality.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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