boiled

Example Sentences

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Instead, as the stadium boiled over, the wait dragged on for 17 minutes before finally Senegal returned to the field.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

Missing the entire 2000-01 season, his audition effectively boiled down to four games with Inter at the end of the next, scoring four times.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

During the intensive phase, participants ate boiled oatmeal three times daily and could only add small amounts of fruit or vegetables.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

“There’s probably a mountain of boiled eggs in the dining room with our names on them. And biscuits with jam, too.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan