steamer
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At one point, I realized I had forgotten to put water in said steamer — which is, you know, a steamer’s whole deal.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
These are foam or gel-filled toys of various brands shaped like bao buns, and sometimes sold in plastic replicas of bamboo steamer baskets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The Dream Midtown went so far as to wheel an industrial size steamer into my room when a portable one wasn’t immediately available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
He left behind a massive steamer trunk full of manuscripts, many of which were attributed to artists not named Fernando Pessoa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
The preparations for the trip kept the family busy for two weeks, and the house became a clutter of trunks, steamer baskets, and valises.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Portable steamers are cheap and easy to use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Pamper them with 100% natural aromatherapy shower steamers from Wenatchee that slowly fizz and release essential oils to relax and rejuvenate.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
For the past 20 years she has instead worked maintaining electrical items, such as water purifiers and clothes steamers, in people's homes.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022
Posters advertising the sales showed steamers merrily plying the imagined waters of the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
He is questioned in a van and again in an ice-cold mezzanine office decorated with poorly executed watercolors of oceangoing steamers.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
