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
Emergency services were called to a report of a man having fallen from a hot air balloon at Newpound Common in Wisborough Green, near Billingshurst, at about 09:20 BST on Friday.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
He stood out like a hot air balloon in an otherwise empty field.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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