as in rages
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam
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Recent Examples of steams
Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Mile End's Bohème Vintage stocks quality wool and denim, and steams them right behind the counter.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
Nothing steams football fans quite like NBC Sports broadcaster Cris Collinsworth praising Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2026
Then, Lim steams the breastmilk in an espresso machine before adding the matcha into the drink.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Humidity often corrodes cables and steams camera lenses.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2025
The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
But Frazier’s steams the Martin Potato Buns that hold their tiny smashburgers, disappeared by cheese and dressed with pickles, onions, ketchup and mustard (don’t see that very often off the rack).
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025
At its heart sits Viti, a striking blue crater lake that steams invitingly in contrast to the stark black landscape.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
This all comes as the legal fight over the audit steams ahead, over 15 months after 72% of the state signed off on the ballot measure.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Mile End's Bohème Vintage stocks quality wool and denim, and steams them right behind the counter.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
Nothing steams football fans quite like NBC Sports broadcaster Cris Collinsworth praising Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2026
Then, Lim steams the breastmilk in an espresso machine before adding the matcha into the drink.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Humidity often corrodes cables and steams camera lenses.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2025
The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
But Frazier’s steams the Martin Potato Buns that hold their tiny smashburgers, disappeared by cheese and dressed with pickles, onions, ketchup and mustard (don’t see that very often off the rack).
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025
At its heart sits Viti, a striking blue crater lake that steams invitingly in contrast to the stark black landscape.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steams
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The debate over ‘AGI’ rages on’ Last week, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claimed that AGI—artificial general intelligence—had already been achieved.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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And the war in Ukraine rages on.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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Low clouds and a steady drizzle gave fielders trouble with flyballs, leading to a third-inning Royals run when India's two-out infield popup fell untouched, scoring Vinnie Pasquantino from second.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Some of these clouds could be thick enough to trigger launch constraints.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Northern Wisconsin roads break up in spring, when frost literally boils out of the ground.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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The southern gothic The Heart, She Holler takes the convoluted elements of a soap opera — torrid affairs, small-town corruption, arbitrary plot twists — and boils them down alongside a heavy dose of gross-out surrealism to fit into 11-minute installments.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For instance, walking at a brisk pace generally increases total energy expenditure and burns more calories per minute.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Chewing on the bulbs can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea, profuse drooling and burns to the mouth.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Her humiliation is laid bare for everyone in the room — the Easter brunch has gone totally awry — and Ines storms out at the end of her performance.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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High pressure also spins clockwise, deflecting moisture and storms off to the north and keeping dry air underneath it.—
Zoe Mintz,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Trump seethes with hatred and erupts in volcanic fury to denounce, demonize, disparage and threaten anyone who refuses to support his increasingly irrational and harmful proposals and actions.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2026
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The river tumbles and seethes through 278 miles of Grand Canyon National Park, taking its geologic time in carving a trench now deeper than a mile.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
15 Dec. 2025
Verb
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From Monday to Friday, the reception area will serve as a nutrition center for athletes, offering smoothies, protein shakes, granola and anything else an athlete could need.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
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The company, founded in 1980, is best known for its meal replacements, protein shakes, nutritional teas and vitamins.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Steams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steams. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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