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Six example sentences with boiling, each labelled with its topic.
Rapid boiling drives water off as steam and concentrates the stock, which is why the pot loses an inch every hour.
Cooking
At high altitude the thin air lets boiling begin near eighty degrees, so eggs sit in the pot far longer.
Science
Trekkers above four thousand meters filter their water rather than trusting boiling, because steam forms too cool to sterilize anything.
Travel
Before autoclaves, boiling was how surgeons cleaned their instruments, and steam rising from the pan meant the tools were ready.
Medicine
Salt makers on the medieval coast relied on boiling, evaporating seawater in lead pans over turf fires.
History
A power station turns on boiling, with water flashed to steam that spins the turbine before it is condensed again.
Technology
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