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Boils and ghouls curious about the show's history should keep reading, or more puns will follow.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2022

A Five-Month Season Boils Down to One In recent weeks, as another college football regular season concluded in dramatic fashion and universities once again began to switch conference affiliations, the college basketball season started.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2012

Three years ago, the had a local punk-rock group, the Boils, record several songs.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2010

The Pot Boils In 1940 the East Ohio Gas Co. began constructing three big spherical tanks, and a smaller cylindrical one, at their sprawling plant in Cleveland's east side.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boils occur singly or in numbers, and sometimes in successive crops.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm