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When he announces his squad for Australia this summer, he and his coaches will have boiled that group down to about 37 players.

From BBC • May 7, 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

Place them in a saucepan with the stock 9and simmer five minutes; by this time the brown colour will have boiled off the potatoes into the soup.

From New Vegetarian Dishes by Bowdich, Mrs.

By the time the soup is done it will have boiled down to two quarts, and will be very thick and good.

From Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six by Corson, Juliet