boil
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While Dudley listed a number of different issues, they boil down to three big ones.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
"It does boil down to customer service," she believes.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Hundreds of people crammed into the school gym that April evening, and the debate over Point Reyes agitated into a low boil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
But what an image: an observatory dome bubbling out of a boil of smaller domes, like an idea simmering in a crucible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
My saliva would soon boil, since my fury was approaching the Armstrong limit.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vietnamese authorities have historically proven effective at detecting and stifling dissent before it boils over into action.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
People showed strange boils and rashes that volunteers photographed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
In the morning, his mother boils it again before he adds fresh beef and other ingredients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“It boils down to another cost increase to the Mag 7, and there are already concerns around future profits there,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Instead of missing Ma, my blood boils with resentment toward her.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Three races into this season, after the Japanese Grand Prix, the frustrations of driving the new hybrid engines of this year boiled over in Verstappen.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
USA Today published a photo earlier this year of a sailor’s mostly empty lunch tray, which included a few chunks of boiled carrot and processed meat of an indeterminate nature.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
In July, their frustrations boiled over in a packed town hall meeting at Shorter’s church.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Set the boiled noodles aside in a clean bowl.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Claire and her brother got close to the tree I was sitting in, still giggling and talking, and right then I boiled over, and I couldn’t have held it back if I’d wanted to.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Parboil the rice: Cook the rice in generously salted boiling water for 8 minutes.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Together, they create the Sun's granulation, a constantly changing pattern that resembles bubbles in a boiling liquid.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
"When I returned to the area, I stepped on a boiling hot patch of sand, and had to be carried off the beach," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The video itself has been roundly seen as damaging to Miller, who comes across as bullying and condescending, and whose rage at the situation seems to be boiling just below the surface.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
My eyes fill with heat, and tears trickle over like a boiling pot.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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