Example Sentences

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Concerns about an AI bubble have boiled over this month, leading to a selloff that’s hit tech stocks hard.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025

But tensions have boiled up again in recent days.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

A lemon, still hanging from a tree, appeared to have boiled, its juices bubbling over the rind.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

If you try to add all the water in the beginning you will have boiled meat sauce rather than a rich, thick meaty sauce.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024

In the end it may have boiled down to what the poet Robert Frost once said about a successful education: “Just hanging around until you have caught on.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady