steam
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Dick Portillo learned to steam buns by watching someone else do it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
From a location with especially dark skies, you might also notice a faint, cloudy band that appears to rise like steam from the Teapot's spout.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
It is also on the ship's route from the Gulf to California, giving the crew a chance to let off steam, and enjoy a break from the demands of life on board a warship.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The summer selloff in long-dated Treasurys gathered more steam on Monday, driving stocks lower for a second session in a row and pushing costs to borrow money higher.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
That steam carries away the heat, and turns the turbine to generate electricity.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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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
Crew members in cargo pants prepare scenery on stage, the costume department steams dresses and hairstylists comb wigs in a basement room backstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
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
Then he steams off with Himmelstoss in his wake.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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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
My rice and eggs began with a feta-fried egg over steamed white rice.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
One business that sells steamed savoury suet puddings, an old-school British classic, worries memories of days gone by may not be enough to keep their puddings going in the long term.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Their shells were tightly closed, even after Mama steamed them.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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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
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
The MCC has copied a technique of "steaming", which is used by the All England Lawn Tennis Club for the courts that host Wimbledon.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 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
There are large wooden bowls of steaming beans, peas and squash, platters of roasted fish and venison, baskets of bread and fruit.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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