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Recent Examples of steamer
This facial steamer uses micro-steam technology to open your pores and hydrate skin for a glowing, radiant complexion in just 10 minutes.
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 28 Feb. 2025
Portable steamers and irons are bulky and require an outlet, time, and patience.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
This professional garment steamer with foot pedal power control from Macy's is powerful and is ready to steam fast.
—Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Handheld steamers are compact and lightweight, featuring a small tank for water and a spout for directing the steam.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 28 Feb. 2025
Portable steamers and irons are bulky and require an outlet, time, and patience.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
This professional garment steamer with foot pedal power control from Macy's is powerful and is ready to steam fast.
—Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Handheld steamers are compact and lightweight, featuring a small tank for water and a spout for directing the steam.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamer
Noun
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In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2025
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On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This nighttime parade features beautifully decorated barges that glide along the San Antonio River.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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That was the day a freighter called the Summit Venture hit the southbound span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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The report said that air carriers including Air China, China Cargo Airline and China Southern Airlines are among those planning to cancel freighter services between China and the U.S.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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One captain intentionally beached his boat while being pursued by a Coast Guard cutter, while another only stopped after a Coast Guard crew member fired copper slugs into the boat’s engine to disable it.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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However, there soon will be some important voices to implement a more sound space policy and speak for NASA's priorities, rather than those of budget cutters.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.—
Mike O’Brien,
The New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2023
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However, Miller took a hard liner off his leg in his last outing Friday, Counsell said, and he still is being evaluated, which could mean pausing his rehab assignment.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2025
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Chicago’s Miguel Vargas led off with a double, then scored on Luis Robert’s sharp liner to left that looked destined for extra bases.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2025
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Given the vessel's lack of nationality, the use of force including boarding the vessel was deemed unnecessary and the tanker was escorted out of the Estonian Economic Exclusion Zone.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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More than 50 activists including Greta Thunberg briefly held a demonstration inside the Copenhagen office of Maersk’s tankers division Tuesday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 May 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamer. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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