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as in to steam
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
the passengers were boiling when they found out the flight was delayed yet again
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Recent Examples of boil
Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Head to Paradise Key Dockside Bar & Grill for great views, The Boiling Pot for overflowing seafood boils, and Charlotte Plummer’s Seafare Restaurant for an old-school vibe.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2025
Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
Easy Cajun boil recipe Start by placing the vegetables in the middle of the foil.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Some of the classic ingredients of a Cajun seafood boil include:
Onion.
Peppers.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Head to Paradise Key Dockside Bar & Grill for great views, The Boiling Pot for overflowing seafood boils, and Charlotte Plummer’s Seafare Restaurant for an old-school vibe.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
Pasta pots are, as their name indicates, used for boiling water and preparing pasta.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
Easy Cajun boil recipe Start by placing the vegetables in the middle of the foil.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boil
Noun
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To reduce the chances of hypothermia, fans and players should recognize swelling, redness, tingling, blisters and numbness.—
Elias Burke,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The right pair of socks will keep your feet comfortable and dry for a full day of hiking while helping to prevent blisters and hotspots.—
Maggie Slepian,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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For fans who can’t get enough of Reacher, Prime Video is also steaming Tom Cruise’s Jack Reacher movies.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Before leaving, the installation team steamed out every wrinkle in her new shades.—
Maria Yagoda,
Curbed,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Another beef kofta, roasted potatoes, and stewed okra.—
Matt Dutile,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2025
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Signature mains generally involve a rice or potato base with slow-cooked and stewed meats — a middle ground between Indian and Mediterranean fitting of Yemen's geography.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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On a recent day, the printing company contracted to produce the cards was churning them out by the hundreds of thousands.—
Miriam Jordan,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Weather led to a scrub of the Aug. 3 attempt, but SpaceX was able to launch despite Tropical Storm Debby churning off Florida’s southwest coast.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2025
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Victims develop high fevers, deep rashes and oozing pustules.—
William J. Broad,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Plants with orange rust, identified by orange pustules on the leaves, must be burned or disposed of in the trash.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Storms raged at last year’s festival, dampening the fun.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2025
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The SpaceX billionaire also raged against U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer, who issued a ruling last week blocking DOGE from getting into the Treasury's payment system, which contains sensitive information about American taxpayers' identities, including bank account and Social Security numbers.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The dueling letters from Sassoon in New York and Bove in Washington laid bare in starkly personal language the gravity of a simmering, behind-the-scenes dispute over the handling of one of the Justice Department’s most significant current public corruption cases.—
Larry Neumeister,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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But Ringel’s script, which manages to skirt cheap laughs throughout, locates unexpected depth when a combination of carnal frustration, bad news and simmering resentments set the central pair against each other in earnest.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Image Rumors swirl about the pope’s health Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Friday, and on Tuesday he was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs, according to the Vatican.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Rumors have swirled for years that the Broccolis have clashed with Amazon over the direction of Bond.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Boil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boil. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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