boiler

Example Sentences

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On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Currently they're more expensive than a gas boiler to install, and can also end up more expensive to run.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Krauze joined what was then called the Vladimir Lenin shipyard in 1983, first in a coal-fired boiler room and later operating a crane.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

The jury also heard that O'Sullivan drove approximately 25,000 miles a year as a contract boiler engineer.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Often on a cold day, Francie came in chilled and put her arms around the boiler and pressed her frosty cheek gratefully against its warm silveriness.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith