steam
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“Full steam ahead. I’m in great spirits and ready to make the most of this off-season.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“If we were to go back to steam and hydraulics with the elevators, we need to really understand the total cost of that,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Steam accumulator: Stores pressurized steam before release to the launch valve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
A cycle of market quirks that deepened the recent U.S. bond selloff is losing steam, raising hopes that the rise in bond yields will slow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The poor man had worked up quite a head of steam, but this is what comes of letting oneself get too hungry.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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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
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
Smokes and steams drifted in sullen clouds and lurked in the hollows.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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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
People stop by Amadou Gaye's shack at the market in the western town of Sukuta to use his small electric mill to grind millet for cooking porridge or the local steamed grain dish called chere.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
All the clothes you see, he steamed up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The furthest-flung food mentioned in the buffet of emails I received was Lau lau, Hawaii’s pork-and-fish dish that is wrapped and steamed in taro leaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I watched, too, and never let down my guard for a moment until the ferry steamed again into port and it was time to board.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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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
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
The sunsum steaming off Nyame is making it hard to concentrate.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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