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steam

[steem] / stim /


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Taco Bell’s business has slowed as the outbreak picked up steam, according to third-party data providers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

But Poland's energy model is running out of steam.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Investors seem to be second-guessing the stunning rally in chip stocks as another earnings season picks up steam.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

In March 1989, a midday tube rupture at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo sent cleaning solvent-filled steam into the air and trashed the paint jobs on about 2,000 neighboring cars and trucks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Hissing clouds of steam billowed into Hord’s face.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

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

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

Vegetables that steamed instead of browned, their edges soft but not transformed.

From Salon Mar. 23, 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

For the accompaniment, he is less forgiving: Serve with warm steamed rice.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 22, 2026

I would’ve laughed if I weren’t so steamed up.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

I also avoid making a towering high volcano, instead sticking to small piles or hills, since I like to enjoy my mashed potatoes steaming hot.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

Ms. Bush makes some rookie errors: She forgoes whisking dry ingredients separately from the wet, doesn’t let the steaming butter cool before mixing, and is too quick to take the pan out of the oven.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

A steaming cup of coffee gradually cools, a laptop warms up during use, and sunlight heats the Earth's surface.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

Soon they all held steaming mugs of hot milk, and Green and the blubber stove were brought back on board.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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