boil
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The tension came to a boil when NJ Transit announced last month it would charge fans $150 for a round-trip ticket from Manhattan to the Meadowlands, a ride that typically costs around $13.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
In experiments, the researchers showed that the material could release enough heat to boil water under ambient conditions, something that has been difficult to accomplish in this area of research.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
“It does feel like the pot is continuing to boil and slowly boiling over,” said Flood.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
As a young leg-spinner, Ahmed will have times when his bowling goes off the boil, but he also has an X-factor.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Upstairs, however, she could hear Mia in the kitchen: the rumble of a kettle coming to a boil, a whistle springing to life and then subsiding as someone lifted it from the stove.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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