BOILED OVER Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

boiled over

verb

past tense of boil over

as in ran over

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receded

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Once he was secured in place, his UConn teammates ran over to the end zone to offer support as Brown was carried off.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
One driver, the tree crew told us, ran over the cones while the crew removed the pine.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of ran over

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The Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) has also come to the defense of the filmmakers, arguing that the backlash has spilled over from the film to the lives and livelihoods of the people who made it.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Seaver’s dispute with Danny Nozell, Parton’s longtime manager and the sole manager of She’s Alive LLC, first spilled into public view when Nozell sued him last month and sought the restraining order.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

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