steam
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Beginning on May 9, NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites captured images of white, steam rich volcanic plumes rising into the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
But as the last of this summer’s trio of major animated films, the runway could be clear for the film to build steam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
—Bitcoin lost 0.7% to $63,355 after hitting a two-week high of $64,539 overnight, as its recent appreciation loses steam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Arthur played really well at Queen's and reached the quarter-finals, but I think he ran out of steam at Eastbourne, where he lost in the second round.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Today there was just the small yellow pool splattering slimy bubbles, and the rocks around—too hot to touch, hissing steam from every crack.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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The emptied vessel then returns to Iran—or at least used to, before the blockade—while the newly laden one steams on to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Norris also maintained other income steams, including a long-running role as a pitchman for the Total Gym line of exercise equipment, promoting his fitness regimen well into his 80s.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
I pile it over rice cooker rice, which steams quietly in the background like a saint and doesn’t punish me for wanting a warm carb in a too-hot world.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2025
As Stuart Broad steams into bowl, watched studiously by Stokes and McCullum, a less familiar member of England's camp looks on from behind the nets.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023
Then he steams off with Himmelstoss in his wake.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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I remember the steamed vegetables that came out one day—it was literally just boiled vegetables they flopped into a catering thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
The tanker quickly steamed toward India’s biggest refiner, owned by Reliance Industries, where it unloaded the oil on March 8.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
"Welcome!" it wrote, greeting the Iranian warship Iris Dena as it steamed into the port of Visakhapatnam to join an international naval gathering.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Growing up, my mother would make a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and lemons, drizzled with salt, served alongside homemade curries, spiced rice and steamed fish fillets wrapped in banana leaf parcels.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
Dad, his shirt soaked with sweat, brought home some of the crabs he’d caught that day for dinner, and Mom steamed them in a big silver kettle on the stove.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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At 02:05 she wrote again: "Kyle is steaming".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ms. Bush makes some rookie errors: She forgoes whisking dry ingredients separately from the wet, doesn’t let the steaming butter cool before mixing, and is too quick to take the pan out of the oven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
A steaming cup of coffee gradually cools, a laptop warms up during use, and sunlight heats the Earth's surface.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
What you’re left with are little shards of savory excess, perfect for scattering over grain bowls, steaming congee, salads, pastas, anything that could use a jolt of salt, fat, and crunch.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
The San runs fast beneath my feet, white froth on top of its waves, and the air smells like hot truck exhaust and steaming rain.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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