boiler

Example Sentences

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The property’s boiler shot enormous pressure through the complex’s 60-year-old pipes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In a lawsuit, the condo association alleges several procedural violations, including the county’s falsely claiming it had inspected the boiler.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Across the UK, 1.5m homes are heated by oil, usually a kind of kerosene burned in a boiler to heat water for radiators and hot water.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

They decided they could not afford the increase, so as spring came, they switched the oil boiler off.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

That was why I picked up the magazines and went inside the boiler hut with them.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro