hot air

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

As hot air rises off the desert floor, cooler air pours down from above and funnels between the mountain ranges, sending unpredictable gusts sweeping across the tennis complex.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

This is when hot air rises, but as the heat and smoke reach the ceiling there is nowhere for it to go.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

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

He caught another current of hot air in his wings and spiraled upward, looking out over a world of ferocious beauty.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville