as in boiled
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 steamed
Filled with chicken, cilantro, green onions, cabbage, soy sauce, and garlic, they can be cooked in the microwave, steamed, or pan-fried.
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Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2025
Unlike chubby tamales wrapped in corn husks, the Oaxacan version is flatter, with a more balanced mix of masa and filling, and steamed in a banana leaf that imparts a grassy aroma.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Particularly popular around Christmas and other holidays or reasons to celebrate, tamales are made with masa — a dough made from corn flour — steamed in a corn husk and seasoned with meat, cheese or other fillings.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2025
It’s then dissolved into half-and-half and steamed, and milk is added (non-dairy milk options are also available) along with any additional flavors the customer might request.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2025
Unlike chubby tamales wrapped in corn husks, the Oaxacan version is flatter, with a more balanced mix of masa and filling, and steamed in a banana leaf that imparts a grassy aroma.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Particularly popular around Christmas and other holidays or reasons to celebrate, tamales are made with masa — a dough made from corn flour — steamed in a corn husk and seasoned with meat, cheese or other fillings.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2025
It’s then dissolved into half-and-half and steamed, and milk is added (non-dairy milk options are also available) along with any additional flavors the customer might request.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamed
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Miso contains several bacterial strains as long as it isn't boiled or heated.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
29 Jan. 2026
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Claxton boiled it down to the same thing, only with a player’s bluntness.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Some have had to abandon their homes, with all of their belongings still inside, only to find out later that those houses were burned to the ground.—
Edwidge Danticat,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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Fort Worth firefighter Caleb Halvorson, who was critically burned while responding to a house fire in Fort Worth's historic Southside last September, shared a powerful response following a Tarrant County grand jury's decision not to charge the suspect in that fire with arson.—
Ginger Allen,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Stars have now lost six straight games (0-3-3) after getting battered Tuesday night by those same Hurricanes that Colorado stormed back against three days prior.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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After Washington led by as many as 26 points late in the third quarter, the Magic stormed back and used a 42-18 run to cut their deficit to just two points with five minutes left in the game.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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My friend told me that protests had also raged in working-class areas along Tabarsi Boulevard, on the other side of the city, and in the suburbs of Sakhtaman and Sayedi.—
Davood Moradian,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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Firefighters had to enter apartments to shield people who were trapped near windows as flames raged.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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