Example Sentences

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Ocean temperatures have been boiling for months as the planet continues it streak of record-breaking warmth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024

"Price pressures have been boiling over in every corner of the economy," it added.

From Reuters • Jul. 18, 2022

Humans have been boiling eggs for a very long time.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2019

In Neskantaga, a remote fly-in reserve also in northern Ontario, residents have been boiling water for 23 years after a water treatment plant that was built in 1993 broke down.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2018

France, indeed, has become responsible for carrying out a task its eager spirits have been boiling over for a chance of undertaking.

From Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond by Meakin, Budgett