as in to storm
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam
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Recent Examples of steam
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Then, wet mop or steam mop the floors to remove any stains or marks.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Bostonians like to have DoorDash, Grub Hub, Uber Eats and others deliver meals from their favorite restaurants with just the click of an app, but all those drivers with bags of steaming burgers and pho add up.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The company has long-term plans to modify washing machines to indirect heating systems to enable higher percentage of steam recycling.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Then, wet mop or steam mop the floors to remove any stains or marks.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
In retaliation, the Houthis launched a fusillade of ballistic missiles at the Truman, which turned tail and steamed away, causing another Super Hornet to slide off the deck into the ocean.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Bostonians like to have DoorDash, Grub Hub, Uber Eats and others deliver meals from their favorite restaurants with just the click of an app, but all those drivers with bags of steaming burgers and pho add up.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steam
Verb
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Kyle storms off and vows to find whoever is responsible.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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And just when fans thought he was done, McIlroy stormed back to win the Irish Open, proving his form.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When Andrew pulled the car over to take pictures, the sun broke through the clouds in silvered streams, as if to herald the Epiphany.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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When the business world started to realize that the cloud could be as safe as their own data centers—or even safer—software companies made haste to produce cloud versions of their existing solutions.—
Chris Degnan,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The recipe calls for the watery stalks to be boiled in meat broth and served chilled, accompanied with ketchup and anchovies.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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In vacuum and one-sixth gravity, lubricants boil off, moving parts behave differently, and remote or autonomous operation is necessary because of the time delay between Earth and Moon, which makes real-time teleoperation impractical.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The first firefighters, who arrived within five minutes, reported seeing smoke coming from the upper windows of the apartment, according to Fire Marshal John Droppelmann with the Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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By the time Melanie Fiona hit the stage at Tower Grove Park, the air was thick with incense, barbecue smoke, and the sound of Black folks exhaling.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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Total terror raged for a month or more.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, JetBlue and Spirit Airlines, which primarily operate A320s, saw a combined 660% surge in frequency of fume events between 2016 and 2024, according to the report.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Toxic fume events on airplanes are increasingly common.—
Kristina Karisch,
The Hill,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Jayhawks could have let Walker score, but didn’t, and instead burned their second timeout on defense with 32 seconds left.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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The wildfire has been burning on state land for less than an hour.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To ensure new beneficiaries receive their benefits securely and without interruption, those preparing initial claims should set up bank accounts for direct deposit, according to the Social Security Administration.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Beyond rides, live music and parades featuring lighthouses, someone might walk away this year with a sizeable boost to their bank account — maybe as high as a million dollars.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Steam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steam. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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