steam
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Tech-heavy indexes in Asia gained in early trading before losing some steam, though they stayed in the green.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
In recent months, Depp’s rehabilitation has appeared to gain steam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
In other words, sticky inflation is no longer primarily an energy pass-through story — it’s running hot on its own steam.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
A lot of GTA's players "are mostly there to blow off steam" and unleash chaos in these vast fictional metropolises, said Klippel.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Huge pipes carried steam created in enormous belowdecks boilers, which supplied heat to the officers’ cabins and the crew’s living quarters.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Down on the ground, smoke steams from the soil.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
In a tin bowl, in the captains lap, steams a cylinder of boiled gray meat.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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I love serving them over rice with whatever vegetables I have waiting in the freezer, perhaps some steamed edamame, corn and shredded cabbage.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
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
All the clothes you see, he steamed up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
One of the tugs steamed away while the other still stood by.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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Among those tending to their iced displays of fresh produce or quietly sipping a steaming coffee, there is a desire for the temperature of the demonstrations to decrease.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
A fresh aircraft-carrier strike group and Marine expeditionary unit are steaming toward the Middle East, and the Pentagon is weighing sending additional air-defense equipment and munitions to bases in the region, the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The outages which have sometimes lasted 12 to 48 hours have plunged those living in the deeply impoverished country into steaming darkness at night.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 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
I throw on running clothes and head downstairs, where Mom’s doing today’s crossword puzzle at the kitchen table with a steaming mug of coffee next to her.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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