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Recent Examples of steamer
However, relief is at hand, as there are easier ways to de-wrinkle your clothes that don’t involve using an iron or a steamer.
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Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Don’t: Bring a portable steamer Instead: Pack wrinkle release spray
$8 at Amazon
Wrinkle release spray is my secret weapon for keeping vacation outfits looking smooth and fresh without a lot of work.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
However, a handheld steamer can usually only hold enough water for about 10-15 minutes of cleaning.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Lugging around the same steamer once carried by legendary Bay Area vendor Jim Graff, Davie spent the season establishing himself as a character in the stands.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
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Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Don’t: Bring a portable steamer Instead: Pack wrinkle release spray
$8 at Amazon
Wrinkle release spray is my secret weapon for keeping vacation outfits looking smooth and fresh without a lot of work.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
However, a handheld steamer can usually only hold enough water for about 10-15 minutes of cleaning.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Lugging around the same steamer once carried by legendary Bay Area vendor Jim Graff, Davie spent the season establishing himself as a character in the stands.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamer
Noun
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In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2025
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On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The frames were built in Poland and shipped by a barge through the European river network to Marseille’s port on France’s southern coast for the contractor to pour the concrete to create 18 cubes.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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The first airline expected to receive a 777-9 in 2026, once the type is certified, will be Lufthansa, which has placed an order for 20 777-9s and seven 777-8 freighters.—
Marisa Garcia,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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That predecessor was wrecked May 9, 1980, when a freighter, lost in the vicious storm, broadsided the southbound span of the twin bridge and knocked down a 1,260-foot section of roadway.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
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The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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The second reliever to follow him, Calvin Faucher, served up the 2-0 belt-high cutter on the outer third of the plate that Machado sent 408 feet to left field.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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But both brothers died when their cutter, the U.S.S. Tampa, was torpedoed by German U-boats.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.—
Mike O’Brien,
The New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2023
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Judge, who embraced Soto on the field pregame, also made a pretty play, laying out for a looping Francisco Lindor liner in the third.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
19 May 2025
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When closed, the liner prevents most light from entering the room and provides complete privacy.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Its data suggests the volume of crude oil and products, including refined fuels, in floating storage on tankers for seven days or longer has risen over the past month by 14% to more than 160 million barrels.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The tanker continued into the median, struck the median wall then continued west, approximately one-tenth of a mile, igniting on fire.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamer. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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