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
It is made by brushing butter onto a piping hot naan and sprinkling a generous amount of chopped garlic on it.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Thursday mornings at La Princesita Tortilleria in East Los Angeles are devoted to making chips, so customers couldn’t get any piping hot tortillas when I visited last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
The teapot is sitting under a thick quilted dome to keep it piping hot.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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