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boil

[boil] / bɔɪl /






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In all the national postseason hype, the Dodgers projections will boil down to one sentence: Can anyone stop those starters?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

It will boil down to Sunday's singles, where all 12 players face off for the crucial points that will decide the winner.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

The ChatGPT-maker says many of the accusations boil down to poor offboarding procedures inside the iPhone maker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

One began to boil a kettle and emptied the contents into a bucket, along with a cap of bleach.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

I saw those too, and once in a while I’d take a fresh egg from one of their nests as a special treat to boil in my clay pot or bake in a wood fire.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The opinion of privacy advocates who have weighed in on this requirement generally boils down to: Anyone doing this should have their head examined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Michigan boils on and every college football podcast on Earth will have something to bicker about until Lane Kiffin does another goofy thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

That boils down to mature businesses that don’t require major capital investment, with the software industry among those listed by the analysts.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Epicurious’ recipe for a delicious summertime lettuce soup seasons, boils and purées a whole head of lettuce, including both the leaves and ribs, coarsely chopped.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

"Listen," he said, "to-morrow my nose is so tight on the handle-bars that the only thing touches those boils is a lovely breeze."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Ube was a staple of Philippine gardens as long as 5,000 years ago, boiled and eaten by families as a substitute to rice when their provisions ran out.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Charter Reform Commission’s recommendations have been boiled down to six charter amendments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

As for that $18.49 squash sauce, I browned some Italian sausage, boiled pasta, warmed the sauce and put a Caesar salad and good focaccia on the table.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

The family initially boiled kettles to fill up buckets to wash and clean the dishes, but they've now invested in a camping shower.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

They boiled water and the leftover chicken bones and spooned the broth in Gran’s mouth.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

“The whole system was, in a sense, just boiling — primed and ready to release all of that stored up energy come January 7th,” he said at a Thursday press briefing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Instead of cooking the pasta separately, Meghan puts it directly on top of tomatoes with some lemon zest and greens, then pours boiling water over the whole mixture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Parboil the rice: Cook the rice in generously salted boiling water for 8 minutes.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Together, they create the Sun's granulation, a constantly changing pattern that resembles bubbles in a boiling liquid.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

As if his blood was boiling, as if his bones were on fire.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis




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