boiled

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“These verdicts mark an unsurprising breaking point. Negative sentiment toward social media has been building for years, and now it’s finally boiled over,” said Mike Proulx, a director at Forrester, a market research company.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

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

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

I boiled water next, and put a handful of herbs to float in it for a soup.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff