piping hot
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Tickets for the final day, featuring Olivia Dean's first major headline slot, were piping hot, too.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
During the next outage, you’ll find me with my family, under an electric blanket, sipping piping hot tea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
Your daughter made you a lukewarm cup of tea, and you are rewarding her with a piping hot mug of the finest Colombian coffee.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
West End Girl’ is an active listening experience where one must sift through the many contradictions, confessions and piping hot, unfiltered tea.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
And when I had finished, he nodded and said, “We should probably discuss this over a piping hot plate of Resurrection.”
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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