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hot-air balloon

NOUN
lighter-than air craft
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The cover featured a lithograph by Odilon Redon of an enormous eye in the shape of a hot-air balloon, a piece that apparently was inspired by Poe.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

From there, chunks of bedroom and kitchen silently floated over the power lines and were lowered into place, workers twisting the walls into alignment with hanging guidelines like from a hot-air balloon.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2025

A hot-air balloon regatta due to take place over London on Sunday 21 July has been postponed once again due to poor weather conditions.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2024

All of this was put into motion in May 2008 when the real estate bubble was as big as a bulbous hot-air balloon.

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2024

She could tell that he was also watching the hot-air balloon behind the sugar mill fence out of the corner of his eye.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat




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