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Recent Examples of boil over
Bring the water to a rapid boil over high heat.
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Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
Those tensions continued to boil over during the amendment meeting.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025
Tensions boil over as Packers spoil Rodgers' milestone chance against former team.
—FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Bring to a boil over high heat.
—Malaka Gharib, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
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Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
Those tensions continued to boil over during the amendment meeting.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025
Tensions boil over as Packers spoil Rodgers' milestone chance against former team.
—FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Bring to a boil over high heat.
—Malaka Gharib, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boil over
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In between those latter two home runs, Isiah Kiner-Falefa was thrown out at home by an inch; Andy Pages, a defensive substitution, quite literally ran over Hernandez to make a catch and save the season; and even the Dodgers squandered their own opportunity in the 10th.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Within 35 minutes, the driver ran over five people, according to the French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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In September, Nevada’s Bureau of Water Pollution Control fined the company nearly $250,000 for violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years, including for spilling untreated groundwater onto public roads and not reporting it to authorities, ProPublica first reported.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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After passing through a gate, the trail scrambles up the backside of Chicken Point, a broad open expanse of slickrock surrounded by abrupt colorful cliffs with views spilling across the valley.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Boil over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boil%20over. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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