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hot water

noun

Definition of hot water

as in soup

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Recent Examples of hot water Naturally, the rest of the plot focusses on his elaborate scheme to get out of hot water by normalizing the word in his office. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026 Use hot water to rinse the filter, then leave it to dry before replacing it tightly. — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026 There’s no doubt about it that hot water serves its purpose to clean and sanitize items, but that doesn’t mean this setting should be the default for every load. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026 Create a spray solution using a cup of lemon juice and a cup of hot water. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot water

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Noun

Just like a lot of the recipes from Nana’s kitchen, there’s of course cream of mushroom soup on the ingredient list for this classic casserole.

— Brennan Long, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2026
Radishes and lotus root, miso soup, tempura shrimp, and Omadofu, or creamy tofu, made appearances, as did soba noodles, small pieces of mackerel, and, on occasion, wagyu beef for grilling on a hibachi.

— Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of soup

Noun

However, there were signs of the difficulties clubs faced in concluding their business by 7pm.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
More concerning memory problems may involve difficulty retaining new information in the first place, like repeatedly asking a question without remembering the answer.

— Danielle Zickl, HEALTH, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of difficulty

Noun

Intruding traffic attempted to install multiple malicious apps that made SuperBoxes a node in yet another proxy network or join botnets for use in DDoS attacks.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
There is no shortage of unstudied percolation systems that their technique could apply to — like graphs where the nodes don’t all look identical, or more complicated models that describe freezing water or quantum materials.

— Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

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