kettle
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Other essentials, such as the kettle which needs 3 kilowatts of electricity, will be powered through a mix of the 800 watts flowing from the panel with the rest coming from the national grid.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Police may close roads, establish perimeters, kettle crowds, redirect traffic, block movement, and call those acts public order.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The problem is similar to mineral scale building up inside a tea kettle or clogging a shower head over time, except seawater contains far higher concentrations of dissolved salts.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
Yet within the time it might take to boil water in a kettle, the chaos had cooled enough for a structure to emerge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The kettle begins to whistle, and he gets up to pour the boiling water into his teacup.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
The family initially boiled kettles to fill up buckets to wash and clean the dishes, but they've now invested in a camping shower.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Steam on the older Nimitz ships powers not only the aircraft catapults, but also heating and evaporators that produce freshwater and galley equipment, such as kettles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"My baby son has been having the poshest baths - six bottles of mineral water and two kettles," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Cracker Barrel started preparing its green beans and other sides in ovens instead of traditional stovetop kettles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Out was where there were no kettles to stir, no bottles to fill, no smoky cooking fire.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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