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Recent Examples of steamer
Try this steamer from Dr. Dennis Gross, $159 at Sephora, for a professional-level device that delivers micro-steam technology to intensely hydrate and visibly purify your skin.
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
But showering daily is the norm, so people can use these eucalyptus and mint shower steamers all the time.
—Veronica Booth, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Otherwise, use a garment steamer to kill off any stowaway bugs.
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Vegetables, chicken, shrimp, firm or extra-firm tofu, and eggs are all excellent choices for sautéing.
Steam: This technique involves cooking food in a steamer basket by placing it over boiling water, allowing the steam to cook it gently.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 20 Jan. 2025
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
But showering daily is the norm, so people can use these eucalyptus and mint shower steamers all the time.
—Veronica Booth, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Otherwise, use a garment steamer to kill off any stowaway bugs.
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Vegetables, chicken, shrimp, firm or extra-firm tofu, and eggs are all excellent choices for sautéing.
Steam: This technique involves cooking food in a steamer basket by placing it over boiling water, allowing the steam to cook it gently.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamer
Noun
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Infected rats likely brought the disease from steamships to the shore.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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Fitzcarraldo Year: 1982 Runtime: 2h 37m Director: Werner Herzog Werner Herzog set out to make a movie about a man who was insane enough to try and move a steamship over land from one river to another and Herzog himself was insane enough to actually try and replicate it.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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Last winter, after a Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk crashed into the bay, the helicopter was lifted from 15 feet of water and stabilized on a barge.—
Kristina Davis,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The top to-do item for Blue Origin is flying New Glenn again—and recovering the giant rocket's first stage by landing it on an autonomous landing barge (named Jacklyn for Bezos' mother).—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
12 Feb. 2025
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The freighter encountered 35-foot waves, snow and winds at 51 mph with gusts up to 66 mph.—
Jalen Williams,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Nov. 2024
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The 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) icebreaker was attempting to free the freighter Yamal Krechet from ice which was preventing it from reaching the port of Sabetta, in the Kara Sea, according to an expert.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 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 extent to which the federal government has been privatized across the board is rarely discussed, especially not by would-be cost cutters like Musk and Vought.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Harrison’s addition of a cutter and harder slider could aid him in his quest for more whiffs.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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The Duchess wore her dark tresses in a ponytail, while her makeup consisted of light blush and nude lip liner.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
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Classic lip liner was paired with gloss or lipstick combinations again—proved to be perfect for winter conditions.—
Stixx Mathews,
Essence,
9 Feb. 2025
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The measures quickly disrupted the flow of sanctioned Russian oil to China and India, with millions of barrels now left floating on tankers as few want to risk American enforcement actions.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The vessels in question are not modern, but rather are primarily aging fuel tankers.—
Dominique Soguel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamer. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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