steam
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As the reporters ran out of steam, Cummins said it was "annoying" that sandpapergate scandal was still a distraction for Australian cricket.
From BBC ● 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
While Israel awaits a new government after its parliamentary elections, its economy is gaining steam as inflation cools and its technology sector thrives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Across the continent, many people have found themselves face-to-face with "a model that has run out of steam", said Belgian sociologist Geoffrey Pleyers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
That steam carries away the heat, and turns the turbine to generate electricity.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Plus, Wall Street’s AI train steams ahead, and China swipes the Driscoll’s secret for growing blueberries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
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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
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
She kissed us all, including the Captain and Call, who turned the color of steamed crab at her touch.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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The USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, armed with dozens of jet fighters, is steaming toward the region from the Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
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
Since the bloc does not expect significant changes by China, the EU official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was also steaming ahead with preparing new tools.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 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
Clinking plates and the sound of steaming milk fill the lull.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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