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
In retaliation, the Houthis launched a fusillade of ballistic missiles at the Truman, which turned tail and steamed away, causing another Super Hornet to slide off the deck into the ocean.
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Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In the spring, the leaves are harvested, steamed, de-stemmed and de-veined and then stone ground into a fine powder.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
And last Friday, US and British warships steamed through the Taiwan Strait.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
The one-Michelin-star kitchen highlights Cantonese dishes, from Xing grouper steamed in lotus leaves to a too-pretty-to-eat tofu chrysanthemum flower.
—AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
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Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In the spring, the leaves are harvested, steamed, de-stemmed and de-veined and then stone ground into a fine powder.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
And last Friday, US and British warships steamed through the Taiwan Strait.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
The one-Michelin-star kitchen highlights Cantonese dishes, from Xing grouper steamed in lotus leaves to a too-pretty-to-eat tofu chrysanthemum flower.
—AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamed
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While visiting, travelers can explore century-old shops and eat lobster boiled straight out of the ocean.—
Megan Margulies,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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The abacá fibers are harvested three times a year, cut, stripped, dried and bundled before being boiled and pressed into sheets for shipping to Taiwan.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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As Corona del Mar (7-0, 2-0) put the final touches on the Bravo League victory, the Sea Kings’ students stormed the field for a wild celebration.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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Furious that everyone else had seen this, Leo jumped down from the flatbed trailer, tossed his guitar into the bonfire, and stormed off into the woods.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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In December last year, as debate raged about whether Arsenal had become too reliant on goals from dead-ball situations, their fans honoured the club’s set-piece coach Nicolas Jover with a mural in the Hornsey Road tunnel next to the Emirates Stadium.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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In China, manufacturers have been cracking down on price wars that have raged due to fierce competition.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Steamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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