hot-air balloon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A buddy asks if he’s being sarcastic, and the kid collapses like a hot air balloon: “I don’t even know anymore.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Heat at the base of a continent can weaken and remove part of its dense root, making the continent lighter and more buoyant, like a hot air balloon rising after dropping its ballast.
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2025
But there was a muted celebratory air as teams loaded candles and fireworks onto the homemade airships, part of the annual Tazaungdaing hot air balloon festival in northern Shan state's Taunggyi city.
From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025
A hot air balloon from which a man fell and died in West Sussex was being operated by Virgin, the company has confirmed.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
The employees spread out from one side of the room to the other, from foreground to background, a mass occupying the enormous space like gas filling a hot air balloon.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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