piping hot
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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
Each stick slow-burns for one hour, which personally makes me want to settle into a piping hot bath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2025
In fact, a massive round metal object had plummeted from above landing on farmland near a dry riverbed - and it was piping hot.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
“The soup was piping hot, but he couldn't be found!”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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