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Boils and ghouls curious about the show's history should keep reading, or more puns will follow.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2022

A Five-Month Season Boils Down to One In recent weeks, as another college football regular season concluded in dramatic fashion and universities once again began to switch conference affiliations, the college basketball season started.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2012

Three years ago, the had a local punk-rock group, the Boils, record several songs.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2010

This week, Victory's second chapter, The Pacific Boils Over, had TV critics cheering again.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boils on various parts of the body, even on the head, are prevalent, especially during the rainy season, when the food is of a poorer description than at other times.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John