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as in steams
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
she was really sizzling about being passed over for the promotion, and nearly quit
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Recent Examples of sizzles
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Gas stoves are particularly bad offenders, but even electric stoves release particles into the air when food sizzles, sears, or smokes.
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Angela Haupt,
Time,
3 June 2026
Communication sizzles as Mercury’s friction with change-maker Uranus triggers impatience, sensory overload or sudden changes in plans.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
And at Teppanyaki Fuji Kanda, an outpost of Tokyo’s Michelin three-star Nihon Ryori Kanda, rare-breed beef from Kagoshima sizzles on a hot plate.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Cooks tend the iconic grill in full view, sending up smoky aromas and satisfying sizzles that are the restaurant’s heartbeat.
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Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
20 Mar. 2026
Minutes later, some drift toward nearby food stalls, where oil sizzles and hot samosas and syrupy jalebis land on paper plates.
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Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
This uptempo track’s percussion sizzles and while the guitar lines are tight and catchy, making for quite the radio-friendly track.
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Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
24 Nov. 2025
This luxurious property sizzles with gracious elegance and impeccable service, eliciting over-the-top reviews from guests.
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Kathryn Streeter,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
The road beneath our feet sizzles in the sun.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Gas stoves are particularly bad offenders, but even electric stoves release particles into the air when food sizzles, sears, or smokes.
—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
3 June 2026
Communication sizzles as Mercury’s friction with change-maker Uranus triggers impatience, sensory overload or sudden changes in plans.
—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
And at Teppanyaki Fuji Kanda, an outpost of Tokyo’s Michelin three-star Nihon Ryori Kanda, rare-breed beef from Kagoshima sizzles on a hot plate.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Cooks tend the iconic grill in full view, sending up smoky aromas and satisfying sizzles that are the restaurant’s heartbeat.
—
Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
20 Mar. 2026
Minutes later, some drift toward nearby food stalls, where oil sizzles and hot samosas and syrupy jalebis land on paper plates.
—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
This uptempo track’s percussion sizzles and while the guitar lines are tight and catchy, making for quite the radio-friendly track.
—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
24 Nov. 2025
This luxurious property sizzles with gracious elegance and impeccable service, eliciting over-the-top reviews from guests.
—
Kathryn Streeter,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sizzles
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While other animals such as rats and mice are also known to have laryngeal whistles, the study says that horses are believed to be the only animals known to combine the whistle with vocal fold vibrations to create a single, dual sound call.
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Mrtka was actively involved between the whistles and after the whistle, using his size to clear the net and get under opponents’ skin.
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Gaga hisses to her hair and makeup team after Priestly swans away.
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Carrie’s voice hisses in my ear.
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During that time, the steak essentially steams.
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This all comes as the legal fight over the audit steams ahead, over 15 months after 72% of the state signed off on the ballot measure.
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By June 19, the remnants of Arthur will get quickly mixed up with an advancing cold front as its remaining circulation zips eastward through Georgia and the Carolinas and into the western Atlantic, said WPLG-TV hurricane specialist Michael Lowry in an email to USA TODAY.
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Written by David Koepp, Spielberg’s most frequent collaborator, from a story conceived by Spielberg, Disclosure Day zips two stories together like strands of DNA.
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Molloy rages to his film crew, and Lestat’s duplicity plants a wedge between the vamps.
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Halfway through 2026 and the Beckham family feud still rages on.
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Kishnani’s now 48 but the exclusion still burns.
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Destined only to be savoured as a dream, while the world still burns around you.
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Also contaminated are fish, staples of Midwestern fish fries and fish boils, and an important part of the diet of Indigenous tribes, certain immigrant populations and communities of color.
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Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils.
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Greater Cincinnati may be pelted with severs storms overnight as much of the Midwest is set to experience an abnormal mid-June system, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
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Gary ultimately storms off, but Duncan appreciates the insult, suggesting that Silicon Valley's venture capitalists love sociopaths.
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“Sizzles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sizzles. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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