hot water

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Cochrane’s breakthrough was to use pressurized water—spraying hot water upward onto dishes, which were held in place by metal racks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Videogame stocks have been in hot water recently.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

A squirt of dish soap, a cup of hot water, a few pulses to loosen the worst of it—then a quick pass with a brush.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

There were requests for hot water for instant noodles and Gil queued up the paper cups and yes, sorry, promised to attend to them in just a moment.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

That one meal never varied: hot water with a little salt or pepper, and if we were lucky, bits of potato skin and slivers of other vegetables.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson