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
Delicious, especially if you enjoy your schadenfreude served piping hot.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025
It was swimming in grounds and little flecks of pink tissue, but it was piping hot, which was the main thing.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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