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steam

[steem] / stim /


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Sir Chris Bryant insisted it is "full steam ahead" for the government when it comes to passing Troubles' legacy legislation through Parliament, during a visit to Dublin on Monday.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Those companies are running out of financial steam.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

"Given the significant role Walmart plays in the lives of many Americans, the deterioration will set some alarm bells ringing over whether the consumer is running out of steam," Saunders said.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

It seems the Treasury Department’s plan of lowering long-term bond yields might be running out of steam.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

“An isolated white steam plume puffed up … from near Spirit Lake … But what caused it?”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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

As Stuart Broad steams into bowl, watched studiously by Stokes and McCullum, a less familiar member of England's camp looks on from behind the nets.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2023

“I am not a teacher,” Hardwick steams, “I am a writer.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2022

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

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

All the clothes you see, he steamed up.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Xu, whose mother died when he was a year old, recalled in a speech how he ate only sweet potato and steamed bread in his school years.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

I could get a hot dog topped with mustard, relish and onions served on a steamed bun.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

"Welcome!" it wrote, greeting the Iranian warship Iris Dena as it steamed into the port of Visakhapatnam to join an international naval gathering.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2026

In a flash, they’re pressing their noses against the steamed window of the cruiser to make twin pig snouts.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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

At 02:05 she wrote again: "Kyle is steaming".

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Those were days of profound anguish for distraught families back in Ecuador, who had no idea their loved ones were safe — and steaming toward Central America.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

Then came the second of my pre-cooked chicken breasts, cubed and folded through the sauce until everything was glossy and steaming.

From Salon May 12, 2026

He wouldn’t argue with Mr. Lew, but I could tell he was steaming.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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