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steam

[steem] / stim /


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Kartal knocked out a series of opponents with considerable pedigree - including current top-10 players and former Grand Slam champions - before running out of steam against this year's French Open runner-up Maja Chwalinska.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Nicolas Dominguez: Neat and tidy in the middle in his first Premier League appearance of the season but naturally ran out of steam.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Tyler placed it between us with an elegant flourish; the steam carried the scent of glorious-secret spices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“The train finally ran out of steam I guess,” 36-year-old third baseman Max Muncy said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The steam wisping off it smells so good I almost take a bite standing there.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

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

The gray museum auditorium steams with wet coats and the slush melting from winter boots.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

She made a feast of steamed mussels with coconut cream sauce, rib-eye, chicken, rice and sautéed mushrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

People stop by Amadou Gaye's shack at the market in the western town of Sukuta to use his small electric mill to grind millet for cooking porridge or the local steamed grain dish called chere.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

All the clothes you see, he steamed up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

But they were a long way off, and the sky overhead was still a spotless blue as we steamed west.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

The meat, cured at Burbank’s RC Provisions with a proprietary recipe developed by Al Langer, still gets a lengthy — and costly — steaming after it arrives at the restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 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

Possibly singed and mostly sandy, they storm the Mediterranean and return to their grills wet, steaming, and triumphant.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Onto this someone in the hall was placing tin plates filled with a steaming gruel.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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