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microwave

[mahy-kroh-wayv] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv /
VERB
cook
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Another is the docudrama re-enactments, which are contrived-looking at best and unintentionally funny at worst, such as when a Hezbollah fighter distraught by the pager operation frets that his microwave might kill him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Pointing to an area where his bike had been stolen, Choudhury said people had brought duvets, chairs and a microwave into the storage area, where they cooked food and charged devices.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Their experiments used an array of five qubits connected to a shared microwave control line.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Everyday actions generate billions of these nanoparticles, Yan noted, from washing a load of laundry to reheating a dish in the microwave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

She nods once, winces, and puts a mug of water into the microwave.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

An important advantage of this approach is that microwaves can pass through clouds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

He said they were clustering in large numbers and emerging from places including fridge seals, plug sockets, toasters and microwaves, adding: "It was like something out of a Stephen King film."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Some have claimed the illness is caused by microwaves, prompting further speculation that a foreign power may have used some kind of sonar weapon to attack US overseas staff and their dependants.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Either electrical current from divertors or from microwaves ionizes the gas, igniting an electrically charged plasma ring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

Rotating slowly in eternal sunshine, Libra would have abundant solar energy, so much, in fact, that some could be converted into microwaves and beamed back to earth.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

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

A home carer unintentionally fed an elderly woman microwaved dog food, an investigation has found.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The men eat microwaved taquitos, she pounds vitamins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

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

For dinner, I microwaved a refrigerated bufriedo the Colonel had snuck out of the cafeteria.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

“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

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

The recording includes Banksy comparing his approach to art - which involves producing graffiti undercover at speed - to microwaving meals.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023

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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