steamed up
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All the clothes you see, he steamed up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Looking back, the inside of the car had steamed up," said Ms Gwyn.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
The lenses were steamed up from Nakaya’s fog, like a bathroom mirror after a hot shower.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2018
If Mike Brearley was in charge, he might even hand the second over to Sam Curran, to nonpluss the openers and get Broad steamed up.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2018
The windows of the cabin stayed steamed up almost all day, the kettle had boiled so long.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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