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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

This week, Victory's second chapter, The Pacific Boils Over, had TV critics cheering again.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the centre lay The brazen fleets, all panoplied for war, 'Tis Actium's fight; Leucate's headland grey Boils with the tumult of the distant jar, 784 And golden glow the waves, effulgent from afar.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax