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[steem] / stim /


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It has frequently been involved in restoration projects, including helping to return a 75-year-old steam locomotive to working order.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

These renovations included the addition of a new structure on the grounds that contains a gym and a “recovery center” with a sauna, a cold plunge, a steam room, and a massage table.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

All that steam time also shrinks “the product,” Langer says,”anywhere from 35 to 38%.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The only other comparable product in the market right now is an AI agent from a startup called Instinct that is also gaining steam but is invite-only.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Finally, the steam began to abate, and I signaled enough.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The emptied vessel then returns to Iran—or at least used to, before the blockade—while the newly laden one steams on to China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Norris also maintained other income steams, including a long-running role as a pitchman for the Total Gym line of exercise equipment, promoting his fitness regimen well into his 80s.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026

Crew members in cargo pants prepare scenery on stage, the costume department steams dresses and hairstylists comb wigs in a basement room backstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

I pile it over rice cooker rice, which steams quietly in the background like a saint and doesn’t punish me for wanting a warm carb in a too-hot world.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2025

Then he steams off with Himmelstoss in his wake.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

If you’ve been peering through the steamed up windows of the Amicus Plus smokeless cigar bar longingly, hovering over that “subscribe to Slate Plus” button.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

All the clothes you see, he steamed up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Xu, whose mother died when he was a year old, recalled in a speech how he ate only sweet potato and steamed bread in his school years.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

A hulking tanker known as the Plata Carrier steamed out of the Strait of Hormuz last week carrying 2 million barrels of crude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

"I'm going to say this to you for the thousandth time," Ms. Wockley steamed.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

At the Times Square location at noon on a steaming Wednesday in August, I got a taste of just how intense the fandom has become.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Leaning over a steaming pile of waste in his Iowa backyard, Travis Roggatz felt a snap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Possibly singed and mostly sandy, they storm the Mediterranean and return to their grills wet, steaming, and triumphant.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Those were days of profound anguish for distraught families back in Ecuador, who had no idea their loved ones were safe — and steaming toward Central America.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

“Eusie,” Betsie said as she carried the steaming casserole of pork and potatoes to the table, “the day has come.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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