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Recent Examples of steamer
Instead of chucking that big portable steamer into your bag, or worrying yourself with the availability of ironing boards at your destination, consider packing wrinkle-free travel clothes instead.
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Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
In between dry cleaner drop-offs, use a steamer to de-wrinkle your suit.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
The researchers stipulate that the steamer basket of eggs must be dunked into the boiling water for two minutes, then into the lukewarm water for two minutes—a switch that’s to be repeated eight total times before you’re cleared to run them under cold water and peel off the shells.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
To steam: Line steamer basket with steamer paper and place prepared dumplings in a single layer in the basket, with 1 inch between each.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
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Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
In between dry cleaner drop-offs, use a steamer to de-wrinkle your suit.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
The researchers stipulate that the steamer basket of eggs must be dunked into the boiling water for two minutes, then into the lukewarm water for two minutes—a switch that’s to be repeated eight total times before you’re cleared to run them under cold water and peel off the shells.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
To steam: Line steamer basket with steamer paper and place prepared dumplings in a single layer in the basket, with 1 inch between each.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamer
Noun
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The Titanic was a luxury steamship that sank on April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2025
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Way back in 1880, Thomas Edison used one of his electric dynamos, which generated direct current, to power the lighting on the steamship SS Columbia.—
Chun-Lien Su,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 July 2019
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Others were structures not intended for residential use but which had been cleverly repurposed, such as an industrial barge turned houseboat in Paris.—
Amy Astley,
Architectural Digest,
18 Mar. 2025
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Naval News reported that the ships could potentially link up with a landing barge's stern, enabling the rapid transfer of tanks and other vehicles.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Daryl was taken captive in Maine by a crew of French sailors and shipped back to France on a freighter ship.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Maritime Museum of San Diego seeks volunteers The nonprofit Maritime Museum of San Diego starts the next Docent Volunteer Training Program for newcomers Jan. 21 at the museum on the upper deck of the ferryboat Berkeley.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.—
Jeff Martini,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2011
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The shifting dynamics are analogous in many ways to the relationship between cutters and tailors, says Ji.—
Caroline Reilly,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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Their ability to identify cutters has been off, too.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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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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And Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok, in response to Rupar’s video, passionately defended the veep against the liner allegations, responding to multiple comments on X (a.k.a. Twitter).—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
12 Mar. 2025
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Environmental advocates say liner systems can fail when damaged by earthquakes or extreme heat.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Russian captain of a cargo ship that crashed into a U.S. fuel tanker in the North Sea, appeared in a British court where he was charged with manslaughter and gross negligence.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Russian remanded in fatal sea collision LONDON -- The Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker last week appeared in a U.K. court Saturday where he was remanded in custody over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamer. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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