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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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noun

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Verb
There are also formal living and dining rooms, a bar area, a library flanked by offices, and a posh primary suite flaunting a private patio, sitting room, and deluxe bath with a sauna, steam room, and huge freestanding tub. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 June 2025 The early Earth’s young magma surface sat gooey and cloaked in steam, too hot to hold liquid seas. Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
Noun
Some research suggests that steaming kale maximizes glucosinolates.7 Consume kale with some heart-healthy fat like extra-virgin olive oil or avocado oil to assist in fat-soluble vitamin absorption. Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 11 June 2025 Branzino at Felice is steamed in an aluminum foil pouch to retain all the juices, lemon and olive oil. John Mariani, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for steam
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Verb
  • MacDonough also advised Chief Justice John Roberts during both of Trump’s Senate impeachment trials, including the one that came in response to rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • Jake Paul, ahead of his next boxing match this Saturday, got into a verbal sparring match with host Piers Morgan on Thursday and stormed out of his virtual interview.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Google, Meta, Microsoft, Visa, and Mastercard have invested in cloud infrastructure, payments, and talent development.
    Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
  • This mix of spending discipline and sustainable cloud growth should enable Oracle to post accelerating earnings growth starting in 2027, Reback added.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • For snacks, reach for protein-rich options like nuts, cottage cheese, or boiled eggs.1112 Building lean muscle mass can boost your metabolism.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 30 June 2025
  • Most hot springs are actually neutral, Poland said, but the temperatures are so extreme that the bison most likely boiled to death.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The smoke rose over otherwise idyllic settings: kids practicing at a baseball field, an empty playground, the local high school during summer break, all as the sound of fireworks began popping in the distance.
    Jake Goodrick July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
  • Dramatic photos shared by the Chicago Fire Department showed thick black smoke and flames erupting from the home, pouring into the sky as firefighters fought to contain the inferno.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • The battle over Elizabeth Street Garden has raged on for more than a decade.
    Randy Mastro, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
  • Picture a wildfire raging across a forested mountainside.
    Ben Livneh, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, accumulating bankruptcy announcements show signs of an industry running on fumes.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
  • Revenue growth without cash flow is like running on fumes.
    Ashish Srimal, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.
    Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Investment bank Jefferies' quarterly results missed analysts' forecasts.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • In a survey of 56 analysts across the bank, covering roughly 1,200 firms worth over $38 trillion in market cap, roughly 60% said production will continue to move back to the U.S.—at least modestly—if tariffs remain high.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2025

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“Steam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steam. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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