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"By applying the insecticides, that's when they started falling out of conduit pipes, literally coming out of plug sockets, out of the toasters, out of the back of microwave ovens," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Advances at the lab contributed to radar systems, microwave ovens, jet engines and nuclear reactors, said Maury Fey, who worked there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
To produce these waves in plasma, scientists must have a greater understanding of light -- specifically, the same sort of radio-frequency wave used in microwave ovens -- which physicists already use to heat plasma.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
And the vents commonly installed in microwave ovens above gas burners essentially just circulate the benzene emissions, Jackson said.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023
I wish we had one of those microwave ovens.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
