: to experience the emergence of one's teeth through the gums
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The baby is starting to teethe.
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These are constructed with bite-resistant plastic and hold up through early stages of teething.—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025 Nevertheless, perhaps a few teething troubles were inevitable.—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 That's no easy task, says Busy Baby CEO Beth Benike, whose company manufacturers baby mats and teething toys in China.—Natalie Wu
megan Sauer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025 His first season in charge will bring teething problems in a relatively open race.—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teethe
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