hot air

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Ash devils occur when heat from a fire causes hot air to rise and mix with the cool air from shifting winds, called wind shears.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

If some of the sudden national attention can feel like hot air, the local fight over these issues is about to get very real.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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

Dragons soared and wheeled above and between the mountains, spiraling up on the currents of hot air that filled their leathery wings, like sparks spiraling up from a bonfire.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville