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microwave

[mahy-kroh-weyv] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv /
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cook
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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

Across the experiments and simulations, microwave frying caused moisture to leave the potatoes more quickly.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Gaofen 3 uses 'synthetic aperture radar,' or SAR, which emits microwave pulses to gather data, capturing imagery at any time of day or night, regardless of cloud cover.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

It suddenly reminded Owen of how his mother had looked that time he and George started a fire in the microwave trying to slow cook baked potatoes.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

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

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

Reading about galaxies and cosmic microwaves helps me to breathe more easily.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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

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

"We went and took snow from the backyard and we microwaved it and it's clear. Is this bad?"

From Salon Jan. 22, 2024

His tongue felt like it was being microwaved.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

And there are darker sides to being viral: Some users on social media talked about microwaving NeeDohs to make them more pliable.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 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 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

This android — one of two nameless leads in the Oscar-nominated charmer “Robot Dreams” — envisions a small, lonely dog in his third-floor walk-up, microwaving a depressing dinner for one.

From New York Times May 30, 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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