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Recent Examples of boil over
Bring to a boil over high heat.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
The show revolves around a Cold War era chess tournament, where two grandmasters — one American and one Soviet — compete in a high stakes match, while tensions boil over in their relationships with one woman.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Tensions are set to boil over, leading to a confrontation between the two outside the ring.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 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
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
The show revolves around a Cold War era chess tournament, where two grandmasters — one American and one Soviet — compete in a high stakes match, while tensions boil over in their relationships with one woman.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
Tensions are set to boil over, leading to a confrontation between the two outside the ring.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 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
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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 10 Nov. 2025.
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