boiled

Example Sentences

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But I love a boiled egg in the morning with either avocado or hash browns.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

There might be 10 films nominated for best picture, but the race for the top category has boiled down to two films - political thriller One Battle After Another and vampire horror Sinners.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The same anger over lost oil wealth and a monarch in the pocket of foreign interests boiled over again in the 1970s, this time driven by religious furor from the charismatic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

When this anger boiled over, it threatened to scald more than the British.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The children carefully unravel the sweaters; Danuta saves the water from the boiled beets and re-dyes the yarn.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron