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boil

[boil] / bɔɪl /






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He added that nearly a fifth of people now only drink bottled water, after SEW issued a boil water notice for several days last year.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

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

We used to have the crab boil on the first Friday of every month.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan




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