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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

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

Scientists measure Antarctic sea ice using satellites equipped with instruments called passive microwave sensors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

While Mama tells the class the correct and incorrect ways of cooking vegetables—the microwave makes them soft but also wrinkles their skin—I zone out.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

It also showed them lighting paper in microwaves in the cell block kitchens.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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

There are other options for space solar, with solar panels in space beaming microwaves External link to a receiver.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Terahertz radiation sits between microwaves and infrared light on the electromagnetic spectrum.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 17, 2026

At other times she was allowed to use microwaves.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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

Maybe it’s the way they suck at their teeth after eating microwaved fish at their desk, or just the emails that have too few exclamation points or a few too many.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025

It was like being "microwaved", he tells the BBC film, as his body was exposed to the raw power of a nuclear weapon.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024

He grabs his tray and opens a microwaved packet of spaghetti and starts shoveling it into his mouth, making slurping, gulping groans.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

"He had tried to survive by microwaving frozen chicken nuggets and chips."

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

“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 stereotypical bachelor computer programmer also enjoys having free restaurants to eat at, rather than sadly microwaving a burrito at home for dinner.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025

The sterilizing process isn’t that different from microwaving a frozen dinner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 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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