hot air

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A strong, slow-moving high-pressure system - often called a heat dome - is trapping hot air over the region, pushing temperatures 20–30F above normal in parts of California, Nevada, and Arizona.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Was it a prescient warning or a bunch of hot air?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

A buddy asks if he’s being sarcastic, and the kid collapses like a hot air balloon: “I don’t even know anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Heat at the base of a continent can weaken and remove part of its dense root, making the continent lighter and more buoyant, like a hot air balloon rising after dropping its ballast.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2025

I imagined a great anvil-shaped cloud forming over southeast London and hot air rising in convection currents.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd