steam

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But with a balance over $25,000, you can start to pick up some steam.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

If ‘The Comeback’ has a bit more steam behind its return season, I could see Lisa Kudrow being in play, but I think it’s Quinta Brunson right behind Smart.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

A leading brand at the turn of the millennium, Marc Jacobs later found itself losing steam and began a wave of strategic changes in a bid to find a viable business model.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Shares of China’s most valuable company have lost steam this year as its aggressive capital spending plan stokes concerns about an earnings slowdown following quarters of double-digit growth in both profit and revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Farther off, whales blew jets of water from their blowholes like smoke from the smokestack of a Bloomer steam locomotive.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood