microwave
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"By applying the insecticides, that's when they started falling out of conduit pipes, literally coming out of plug sockets, out of the toasters, out of the back of microwave ovens," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Under these conditions, relativistic electrons can lose energy more quickly as they interact with the cosmic microwave background.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
When you first step into South Hall, to your immediate right is “the bubble”—a barred enclosure fitted with chairs, a desk, a telephone, and a microwave.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
He said the facility’s staff does not clean the floors, dining tables or the microwave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
She could hear signs of life in far-off rooms—the low mumble of a TV commercial, the beep of a microwave running down its count—but distantly, as if in a dream.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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"RoSPA urges parents and carers to talk to children about the dangers of copying online trends and to reinforce that microwaves are not toys," she said.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Because microwaves generate heat throughout the food, they promote vapor formation and help maintain internal pressure that keeps oil from being absorbed as easily.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026
The action in Iran has also underscored that drones are delivering a new economics of warfare, which demands cheap cruise missiles, high-power microwaves for drone defense, reusable interceptors on ships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Some of the carriages contain charging stations, as well as microwaves and access to satellite internet, according to the Ukrainian government.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
At roughly the same time as Penzias and Wilson were investigating noise in their detector, two American physicists at nearby Princeton University, Bob Dicke and Jim Peebles, were also taking an interest in microwaves.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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Inside an Omaha test kitchen, executives at Conagra recently huddled over plastic trays of microwaved eggs, potatoes and sausage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The men eat microwaved taquitos, she pounds vitamins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
Kantar found there were 4% fewer meals made using an oven in the 12 weeks to 11 June versus the same period last year, while microwaved meals rose 8%.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2023
Despite the fact that I started cooking the roasted ones before the microwaved version, the latter were not only done first, they were nicely cool before the roasted ones were ready.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2023
You eat fast food or the hot dogs and Styrofoam cups of soup that can be microwaved in a convenience store.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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“You’re going to hear Make America Healthy Again moms talking about it, while also environmental activists talking about it—and I guarantee your relatives are increasingly worried about microwaving their plastic,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
The punishing heat wave microwaving Southern California is expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to much of the region for the next few days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
While the concept of microwaving tea might sound a bit alien in the UK, it is "totally common" in the US.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
The anonymous author of the statement could not resist adding, “The U.S. Embassy will continue to make tea in the proper way — by microwaving it.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Nearly everything in the store required microwaving or oven heating or scrupulous refrigeration or came in large, family-sized quantities.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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