as in to storm
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam
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Recent Examples of steam
Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
Kitchens and breakfast nooks live closer to steam, splashes, and open cabinet doors.
—Maria Williams, Ascend Agency, 20 Feb. 2026
Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
As of my stay, the fitness center, steam sauna, dry sauna, and Japanese deep soaking tubs were not yet open.
—Leandra Beabout, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
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Verb
They can be roasted, steamed, or sautéed and served as a delightful side dish with nothing more than a squeeze of lemon.
—Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
Kitchens and breakfast nooks live closer to steam, splashes, and open cabinet doors.
—Maria Williams, Ascend Agency, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
The Seidler family’s exploration of a sale is moving full steam ahead toward an actual sale of the Padres.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
As of my stay, the fitness center, steam sauna, dry sauna, and Japanese deep soaking tubs were not yet open.
—Leandra Beabout, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steam
Verb
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High-vamp heels and flats stormed both runways and city streets, concealing more of the foot than your typical pump or ballet flat.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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By tomorrow morning, some areas near the coastline could wake up to storm total snowfall amounts of 1 or 2 feet as the low departs into the Canadian Maritimes, the advisory added.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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So far, Anthropic’s Claude is among the only AI models available for classified use, via Amazon’s top-secret cloud and Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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After a week of stormy weather across California, a break in the clouds provided a glimpse of a mountainous landscape transformed by snow.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Provide pets with drinking water that has been boiled (and cooled).—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Old or Previously Boiled Water Leaving water in your tea kettle and boiling it again won't do your tea any favors.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
21 Feb. 2026
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When the smoke cleared, Luis, Kevin, and an innocent bystander, Miguel Angel Ramirez, were all dead.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Weapon system autonomously detects and classifies moving targets The company revealed that the weapon system autonomously detects and classifies moving targets in poor visibility situations caused by darkness, bad weather, smoke or dust kicked up by helicopters.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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The violence captured on cellphone videos and shared around the globe – buses burning, gas stations attacked, military helicopters flying overhead – wasn’t just happening in remote rural towns long plagued by drug violence.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Court documents reveal extensive injuries including ligature marks, burn marks, broken bones and deformity sustained before Crystal Marie Falcon’s death on February 13.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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These quiet, fume-free SUVs lend well to the outdoor life and light footprint vibe.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Several of our reviewers live with pets, have asthma or allergies, or were hoping the devices would keep areas like the kitchen and bedroom fume-free.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Times investigations uncovered the alert failure in January of last year, and later found that almost no fire trucks were in that side of the community as the inferno raged through.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Trump has met repeatedly with the Ellisons at the White House over the past few months and, this weekend, raged against Netflix board member and ex-Obama staffer Susan Rice.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Feb. 2026
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The recent turmoil is testing some of the foundations that powered private credit’s rapid growth, including aggressive underwriting, highly leveraged middle-market borrowers and the promise of stable capital insulated from bank-style runs.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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The pair has struck a strategic partnership to exploit titles such as the upcoming CGI series The Immortals & The Shadow Realm from Mainframe’s original IP bank and its work-for-hire portfolio.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Steam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steam. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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