steam
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Meta’s stock is having a month to remember as Facebook parent’s artificial-intelligence assistant gains steam.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Since then, its shares have lost steam alongside other nuclear stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The gay-inflected camp loses steam, and I wondered about the production’s insistence on modernizing Gullen with modern technology and media, changes that become more conspicuous when consumerism takes over the town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
This time last year, it was full steam ahead in the pursuit of India great Sachin Tendulkar.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The steam engine let out a puffy hiss on its tracks, reminding us of what lay ahead.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Plus, Wall Street’s AI train steams ahead, and China swipes the Driscoll’s secret for growing blueberries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
And, as her era of brand builder, lifestyle influencer, and businesswoman steams on, what will it really take for her to broaden her popularity and win over those who are circumspect - or downright negative?
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
One of the radiators clangs and steams all day despite various attempts to shut it down.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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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
Bell was particularly metronomic as she conceded just 16 from her 11 wicketless overs, while Issy Wong steamed in with her usual energy and passion.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Roshan, 28, who sells steamed dumplings mostly to migrant workers, says he is facing a double whammy—higher prices and fewer customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
The fogs slowly gathered together and steamed up into a huge umbrella of cloud: it must have been a mile high.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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The outages which have sometimes lasted 12 to 48 hours have plunged those living in the deeply impoverished country into steaming darkness at night.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The case for raising rates would be clear if inflation were creeping up, the economy was steaming ahead with growth at or above trend, and unemployment was below its so-called natural rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
At 02:05 she wrote again: "Kyle is steaming".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
If the ropes snapped while the Mykali was steaming out to sea, the shock might capsize the vessel, sturdy as it was.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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