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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
Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Using a potato masher or wooden spoon, smash berries and release their juices, and bring to a boil.
—Ana Calderone, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
It is served baked, fried, grilled, roasted, slow-cooked, or boiled either alone, with seasonings, or as soups, stews, chilis, casseroles, and tacos.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Salah has gone off the boil rather in the past month but still has 44 goal contributions (27 goals and 17 assists) in the Premier League alone, with Liverpool looking primed to win the title.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Using a potato masher or wooden spoon, smash berries and release their juices, and bring to a boil.
—Ana Calderone, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
The food is the same every day: rice, beans, imitation meat, and boiled vegetables, with cookies for dessert.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
It is served baked, fried, grilled, roasted, slow-cooked, or boiled either alone, with seasonings, or as soups, stews, chilis, casseroles, and tacos.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boil
Noun
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The major symptom is a painful rash that commonly appears as a band of blisters localized to one area on the body .—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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Treatment includes caring for blisters and preventing new ones from forming.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Choose options that are baked, grilled, steamed, or roasted.—
Lindsey DeSoto, RD, LD,
Verywell Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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Dumplings and Kebabs: Chicken Momo: steamed chicken dumplings with spicy chili sauce topped with onions and peppers.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The premise requires both actors not just to showcase a fiery vulnerability, but to stew in these feelings for extended periods, which benefits from Nabulsi’s straightforward, no-frills presentation.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Add lemon quarters to stew pan along with ginger, garlic, cumin, coriander and cinnamon.—
Yakir Levy,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But markets have churned since Trump escalated trade tensions last week, sowing uncertainty across the world’s largest economy.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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Necessity has transformed this country into a nation of drone-makers, who churn them out from factory assembly lines and mom-and-pop operations like the one in the basement apartment in Kyiv.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Its venomous sting causes pustules and allergic reactions and is capable of killing a human.—
Jack Guy,
CNN,
24 Mar. 2025
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Victims develop high fevers, deep rashes and oozing pustules.—
William J. Broad,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Similar conversations have raged around the country for years, particularly over whether Confederate monuments should be removed from public spaces.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately but unsurprisingly, a subset of online losers have raged about Doctor Who’s inclusivity.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Musk's standing is especially low in Canada amid a simmering trade war with the US.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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This simmering phase is crucial in the creative cycle.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Taylor made clear his intent to run again for mayor well before Thao’s recall election in November, while rumors of Lee’s candidacy began swirling even before the ex-mayor’s removal became official in December.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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While President Donald Trump paused his heavy reciprocal tariffs on countries for 90 days, his 10% universal tariff still stands, and there’s swirling uncertainty about what kind of levies are to come moving forward.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Boil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boil. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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