boiler

Example Sentences

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This winter, he and his wife switched it off and went back to their gas boiler, which they had kept as a backup.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Since the stone age, people have typically kept themselves warm by burning things - wood or coal on a fire, or oil or gas in a boiler.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Krauze joined what was then called the Vladimir Lenin shipyard in 1983, first in a coal-fired boiler room and later operating a crane.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

Below the boiler on the hill there were numbers of large pipes also abandoned by the Hediondo.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck