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finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up
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But many other ingredients benefit from long, slow cooking, and a pot of chickpeas or beets will steam up your kitchen as pleasantly and fill your belly just as heartily as chicken or beef.
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Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
This historical option for steaming up food is said to go back before the Song dynasty in China (860-1279).
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
The chemistry between Hathaway and Galitzine steamed up our glasses.
—Kelsey Bradshaw, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
On April 25, 1915, when British, French, and Australian and New Zealand troops landed on the strategic Gallipoli Peninsula, their objective was to knock out Ottoman defenses and make way for Allied navies to steam up the Dardanelles strait toward Istanbul.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2015
The warm air from the vent is blowing around my head, trapped in the car, steaming up the windshield, obscuring the gloom outside.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
Place the bowl in the microwave and turn it on high power for several minutes until the mixture boils and the window steams up.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2023
As the Valencia steamed up the coast, the weather worsened.
—Longreads, 4 May 2023
Netflix’s passionate drama is returning with a second season to steam up your small screens.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
This historical option for steaming up food is said to go back before the Song dynasty in China (860-1279).
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
The chemistry between Hathaway and Galitzine steamed up our glasses.
—Kelsey Bradshaw, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
On April 25, 1915, when British, French, and Australian and New Zealand troops landed on the strategic Gallipoli Peninsula, their objective was to knock out Ottoman defenses and make way for Allied navies to steam up the Dardanelles strait toward Istanbul.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2015
The warm air from the vent is blowing around my head, trapped in the car, steaming up the windshield, obscuring the gloom outside.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
Place the bowl in the microwave and turn it on high power for several minutes until the mixture boils and the window steams up.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2023
As the Valencia steamed up the coast, the weather worsened.
—Longreads, 4 May 2023
Netflix’s passionate drama is returning with a second season to steam up your small screens.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
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“Steam up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam%20up. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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