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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hot seat" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is often used to refer to a difficult situation or a position where someone is faced with intense scrutiny or criticism. For example: The mayor was put in the hot seat when it became clear that the budget shortfall was much greater than anticipated.
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hot seat
noun
The electric chair
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A hot seat?
Clinicians, too, are in the hot seat.
Toyota is in the hot seat.
Welcome to the hot seat, Madame Chair.
It's quite a hot seat.
Yet Lamoriello is on the hot seat.
Prime among those on the hot seat are St.
Harrison and Stover are on the hot seat.
His team's sour start placed Embree on the hot seat.
The family has been in the hot seat recently.
"You're in the hot seat now, girl," Denice said, laughing.
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