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Tensions are set to boil over, leading to a confrontation between the two outside the ring.
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Tua Tagovailoa’s frustrations with the Miami Dolphins’ performances through six weeks of the 2025 NFL season appeared to boil over following a 29-27 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
In response to the scourge of mass shootings that have helped define the 21st century in the United States, lawmakers in California passed a landmark red-flag law that would allow authorities to disarm those whose threatening behavior might boil over into deadly violence.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
The oil market has been on edge repeatedly over the past two years about the risk of the Gaza war boiling over into a regional conflict that could disrupt crude supplies.
—Spencer Kimball,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Tua Tagovailoa’s frustrations with the Miami Dolphins’ performances through six weeks of the 2025 NFL season appeared to boil over following a 29-27 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
In response to the scourge of mass shootings that have helped define the 21st century in the United States, lawmakers in California passed a landmark red-flag law that would allow authorities to disarm those whose threatening behavior might boil over into deadly violence.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
The oil market has been on edge repeatedly over the past two years about the risk of the Gaza war boiling over into a regional conflict that could disrupt crude supplies.
—Spencer Kimball,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boil over
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“Boil over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boil%20over. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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