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in hot water

  1. In deep trouble: “When Marjorie flunked algebra, she knew she would be in hot water with her folks.”


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The messaging has landed them in hot water before.

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However, the conversation broadly addressed Whitmer’s professed commitment to understanding political differences, even when it puts her in hot water — as was the case after she was recently photographed alongside Trump at the White House as he signed two executive orders targeting his perceived political enemies.

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But brands could find themselves in hot water for playing tricks on newspapers without letting them in on the joke.

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But this tact has landed her in hot water, not only with her opponents, but also in her home province of Alberta and with politicians who otherwise share her political leanings.

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Both the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois wound up in hot water with the Biden administration for approving the move because of the effect the plant would have on Black residents in neighborhoods that already had high levels of pollution.

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