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Recent Examples of steamer
Save up to 25% off sitewide now through Cyber Monday, including the Cirrus 3 and Cirrus X steamers (my favorite portable steamers).
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Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2024
That’s why some flight attendants choose to invest in a portable travel steamer to help keep their uniforms wrinkle-free while away from home.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
They’re often stuffed with either shrimp or pork, wrapped in banana leaf to prevent them from sticking to one another, and thrown into a steamer.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
For the queen/king of relaxation: Lavender shower steamers Pine Creek Canyon Lavender Farm sells scented bath products for an at-home spa day.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 24 Nov. 2024
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Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2024
That’s why some flight attendants choose to invest in a portable travel steamer to help keep their uniforms wrinkle-free while away from home.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
They’re often stuffed with either shrimp or pork, wrapped in banana leaf to prevent them from sticking to one another, and thrown into a steamer.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
For the queen/king of relaxation: Lavender shower steamers Pine Creek Canyon Lavender Farm sells scented bath products for an at-home spa day.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamer
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In the years since then, with the arrival of steamships, airplanes, and modern cruise liners, millions of travelers worldwide have come to appreciate the beauty, climate, and people of the islands.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Dec. 2024
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The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.—
Shane C Kurup,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Dec. 2024
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Blue Origin will attempt to land New Glenn’s first stage booster on a barge in the ocean 10 minutes after liftoff while its second stage heads into orbit.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
13 Jan. 2025
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This month, construction crews on barges, drills, cranes, tugs and service vessels will begin drilling to collect soil samples and map subsurface waterways.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2025
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All seven crew members aboard the freighter were Chinese nationals, the Taiwan coast guard said.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Freight can be moved by coastal freighters and barges.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2025
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Maritime Museum of San Diego seeks volunteers The nonprofit Maritime Museum of San Diego starts the next Docent Volunteer Training Program for newcomers Jan. 21 at the museum on the upper deck of the ferryboat Berkeley.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.—
Jeff Martini,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2011
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The officers stopped the vehicle and initiated an investigation, which led to the discovery of several burglary tools, including a handsaw, bolt cutters, and pry tools, scattered inside the car.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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This 10-in-1 multitool features a bottle opener, a cord cutter, three hex wrenches, and a screwdriver—and that’s just the beginning.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
13 Jan. 2025
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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.—
Mike O’Brien,
The New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2023
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In the 2020 North Complex Fire, plastic liners in the water tanks melted.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
11 Jan. 2025
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What strikes me most about the Hermès eyeliner and lip liner are their respective shade ranges, which, in my eyes, are created in meticulous fashion.—
Claire Sullivan,
WWD,
8 Jan. 2025
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Nic Lynn, Neptune Aviation’s vice president of operations, said three of the company's air tankers are in use in Southern California.—
Terry Dickerson,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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The shadow fleet is made up of hundreds of aging tankers of uncertain ownership and safety practices that are dodging sanctions and keeping the oil revenue flowing to Moscow, and is a cause of concern for European countries.—
Lorne Cook and Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamer. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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