boiler

Example Sentences

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The property’s boiler shot enormous pressure through the complex’s 60-year-old pipes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Quasar alleges the encampment damaged the boiler and created the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But as heat pumps run on electricity, he is now paying around 27p per kilowatt-hour, compared with less than 6p for gas that powers a boiler - more than four times as much.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

On the Chesapeake Bay, market hunters favored punt guns—cannons weighing up to 200 pounds, with barrels made from boiler pipe—that could bring down 100 ducks with one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Mr. Malloy was sitting on a brick in front of his boiler.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck