boil

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Jason Nez exhaustedly watched the wet ground blue corn mixture heat to a boil on the stove.

From Literature

Henry David Thoreau is one of those figures whose name one may know but whose writing often boils down in the mind to titles of works never read — including “Walden” and “Civil Disobedience.”

From Los Angeles Times

“These verdicts mark an unsurprising breaking point. Negative sentiment toward social media has been building for years, and now it’s finally boiled over,” said Mike Proulx, a director at Forrester, a market research company.

From Los Angeles Times

Upon entering the festival, attendees can fuel up at the Terrace with Irv’s Burgers, a seafood boil from the Boiling Crab or a warm churro from Churrería El Moro.

From Los Angeles Times

"My heart is full of courage, my red blood is boiling; my brothers stand with me, this time we will rise," Shah said in his song, over a video of him campaigning for election.

From Barron's