hot-air balloon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Re/Max holding company franchises brokerages around the world under the Re/Max brand, which is known for its hot-air balloon logo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 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
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
All of this was put into motion in May 2008 when the real estate bubble was as big as a bulbous hot-air balloon.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024
I asked her if ‘being let down’ was like coming back to earth with a bump if you let air out of a hot-air balloon too fast, and she said yes, it was like that.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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