hot-air balloon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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With the savings, they booked a hot-air balloon ride and a lucha libre show in Mexico City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
From there, chunks of bedroom and kitchen silently floated over the power lines and were lowered into place, workers twisting the walls into alignment with hanging guidelines like from a hot-air balloon.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2025
The novel trots the globe, from Barbados to Virginia to Nova Scotia to the Arctic to London to Morocco, and besides the hot-air balloon, includes the invention of the public aquarium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
A hot-air balloon regatta due to take place over London on Sunday 21 July has been postponed once again due to poor weather conditions.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2024
If I had a hot-air balloon, I could do it.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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