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as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
his taking credit for the rescue was mostly hot air, since the boat was actually saved by the Coast Guard
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as in wind
language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere
her campaign promise to "fight for the people" showed a taste for stale hot air
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Recent Examples of hot air
This enables the fan to push hot air out the room and pull cooler air in from the open window.
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
2 July 2026
The heat domes tend to form where the jet stream turns northward, moving up and over the dome itself and leading to strong flows of hot air from the south to the north near the Earth’s surface.
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Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
1 July 2026
Past that point, a fan can push hot air across your skin and accelerate dehydration instead of providing relief.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
This sprawling area of hot air will soon move eastward and spend Thursday to Saturday squarely over the Mid-Atlantic, sending temperatures toward 105 degrees there, and breaking records from Florida to Maine.
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Ben Noll,
Washington Post,
1 July 2026
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
2 July 2026
The heat domes tend to form where the jet stream turns northward, moving up and over the dome itself and leading to strong flows of hot air from the south to the north near the Earth’s surface.
—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
1 July 2026
Past that point, a fan can push hot air across your skin and accelerate dehydration instead of providing relief.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
This sprawling area of hot air will soon move eastward and spend Thursday to Saturday squarely over the Mid-Atlantic, sending temperatures toward 105 degrees there, and breaking records from Florida to Maine.
—
Ben Noll,
Washington Post,
1 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot air
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For too long Western leaders have been deterred by Putin’s escalation rhetoric.
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Concha argued that her positions and rhetoric reflect a broader shift in the Democratic Party toward socialism and extremism.
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His early career was marked by the sort of gasconade many fans of the NFL had come to adore and many MLB executives and players had come to loathe.
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But not even Footer’s thorough sleuthing has unearthed much more than Bradley’s brag.
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Humble brag; That turned out to be a stroke of genius on my part.
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Emmys season is about ot begin, and with it, a slew of contenders destined for nominations and memorialization by way of snubs chatter.
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There is a lot of chatter out there on the interwebs about who will and won’t be in the house for Big Brother season 28.
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Hammy magniloquence risks alienating viewers, not just for an evening but for life, as does obscurity.
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Likewise, who is looking for a sports talk show to argue that white people are better at golf, as Smith also claimed during his rant?
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Following the deaths of director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, the president went on a rant about the couple for their progressive politics.
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“Hot air.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20air. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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