boiled

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Just more than two minutes before the first intermission, the physical nature of the series boiled over in a series of scuffles that ended with referee Graham Skilliter meeting with the captains of both teams.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Instead, as the stadium boiled over, the wait dragged on for 17 minutes before finally Senegal returned to the field.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

There might be 10 films nominated for best picture, but the race for the top category has boiled down to two films - political thriller One Battle After Another and vampire horror Sinners.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The same anger over lost oil wealth and a monarch in the pocket of foreign interests boiled over again in the 1970s, this time driven by religious furor from the charismatic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

At least, at noontime we were given a boiled potato and some thin soup; those who worked inside the camp had no midday meal.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom