steam
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It has frequently been involved in restoration projects, including helping to return a 75-year-old steam locomotive to working order.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
These renovations included the addition of a new structure on the grounds that contains a gym and a “recovery center” with a sauna, a cold plunge, a steam room, and a massage table.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
All that steam time also shrinks “the product,” Langer says,”anywhere from 35 to 38%.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The only other comparable product in the market right now is an AI agent from a startup called Instinct that is also gaining steam but is invite-only.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Finally, the steam began to abate, and I signaled enough.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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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
Crew members in cargo pants prepare scenery on stage, the costume department steams dresses and hairstylists comb wigs in a basement room backstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
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
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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If you’ve been peering through the steamed up windows of the Amicus Plus smokeless cigar bar longingly, hovering over that “subscribe to Slate Plus” button.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
All the clothes you see, he steamed up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Xu, whose mother died when he was a year old, recalled in a speech how he ate only sweet potato and steamed bread in his school years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
A hulking tanker known as the Plata Carrier steamed out of the Strait of Hormuz last week carrying 2 million barrels of crude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
"I'm going to say this to you for the thousandth time," Ms. Wockley steamed.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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At the Times Square location at noon on a steaming Wednesday in August, I got a taste of just how intense the fandom has become.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Leaning over a steaming pile of waste in his Iowa backyard, Travis Roggatz felt a snap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Possibly singed and mostly sandy, they storm the Mediterranean and return to their grills wet, steaming, and triumphant.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Those were days of profound anguish for distraught families back in Ecuador, who had no idea their loved ones were safe — and steaming toward Central America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
“Eusie,” Betsie said as she carried the steaming casserole of pork and potatoes to the table, “the day has come.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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