boil
Example Sentences
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Polarized viewpoints often rise to the top: If I read something that either makes my blood boil or completely aligns with my own perspective, I make sure to check the source.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
Upon entering the festival, attendees can fuel up at the Terrace with Irv’s Burgers, a seafood boil from the Boiling Crab or a warm churro from Churrería El Moro.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Thereupon nuclear bluster permanently vanished from the U.S. presidential vocabulary, experts in diplomacy tell us, for reasons that boil down to a loss of credibility once Moscow could match the U.S. in nuclear firepower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
On 15 May 2024, the company confirmed that traces of cryptosporidium had been found in the supply network and issued a boil water notice to about 16,000 homes and businesses in and around Brixham.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
“I’ll put a pot of water on to boil and preheat the oven.”
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.