Noun grows tomatoes in his hothouse all winter long an urban enclave of bohemians that acquired a reputation for being a hothouse of creativity
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The taste and nutritional value of a hothouse tomato from the supermarket's year-round stock is no match for that of one ripened by the sun in a community garden. Susan Puckett, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 The group recall the hothouse atmosphere that produced some of their most beloved, enduring anthems. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2022 The hothouse atmosphere of festivals can be misleading and turn mediocrities into events, certainly, but the noisy clamor of such hype is always outweighed by the joys of experiencing discoveries and revelations with others.New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022 If your grocer’s shelves are equally jicama-less, then the trusty hothouse or English cucumber would be your next best bet for dishes or recipes that call for raw daikon. Yejin Choi, Bon Appétit, 11 Aug. 2022 Exploring the scent and natural ingredients, such as rose water, mango butter and Tahitian garden flower, is like taking a walk through a tropical hothouse. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022 Caroline Rafferty’s midcentury modern Palm Beach home is surrounded by hothouse plants. Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 13 May 2022 Garnish as one desires, perhaps with a juicy blackberry or a hothouse flower, something dewy and tremulous, to be sure. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2022 This just takes us deeper into a world dominated by oil and gas—the kind of hothouse in which Putinish despots thrive. Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2022
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Fracas, fittingly beloved by personality-plus women such as Madonna, Martha Stewart, and Isabella Blow, dials the heady, hothouse opulence of tuberose up to 11 with the addition of jasmine, tonka bean, and musk. April Long, Town & Country, 13 Sep. 2019 These fragile and artificial economies require hothouse conditions that a weakened OPEC can no longer provide. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2017 See More