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as in desperately
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as in busily
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Recent Examples of feverishly
That’s the way Fleur looks at Julian in real life too — adoring and feverishly in love, so when Fleur announces that the pair are getting married over dinner with friends, everyone responds with joy and delight.
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Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Even his detractors can agree on that, although the cinephiles who feverishly pursued this particular grail may not support this resolution.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Right now, Indian diplomats and lobbyists in Washington are working feverishly to engineer a rapprochement.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
The quotable cult classic has since been adapted into a feverishly beloved musical, which first opened off-Broadway in 2014.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Even his detractors can agree on that, although the cinephiles who feverishly pursued this particular grail may not support this resolution.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Right now, Indian diplomats and lobbyists in Washington are working feverishly to engineer a rapprochement.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
The quotable cult classic has since been adapted into a feverishly beloved musical, which first opened off-Broadway in 2014.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feverishly
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In experiments done decades ago, scientists were able to show that if the sound of running water was played from a tape deck, beavers would try desperately to accumulate wood around the sound.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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So, too, do these attempts reveal how desperately empathy is needed in medicine—an empathy that is not transactional but mutual.—
Rachel Pearson,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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That has Eva Thomas, a writer and filmmaker from Walpole Island First Nation, busily working the room during an Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) breakfast at TIFF‘s Lightbox headquarters.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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According to PreCrime Labs, the threat research team at BforeAI, criminals have been busily creating new domains to offer everything from fake merchandise to non-existent free streaming of the games.—
Emma Woollacott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Staffers frantically searched for updates on his condition.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Some are stockpiling ingredients, while others are frantically seeking alternative suppliers.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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An affable dad who avoids divisive topics like politics and religion in favor of gentler, autobiographical material that tends to cast him as a well-meaning fool, the Tennessee native is also the rare comic capable of appealing to, or at least not actively alienating, a broad swathe of viewers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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The United States government has also been actively involved in promoting business engagements with the Central Asian states.—
Mark Temnycky,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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That seems like a crazily low number of songs.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Guessing crazily at the future, the gambler is granted, briefly, the gift of now.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Giordano had said the FBI would pursue the case vigorously.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Chip jumped back inside and shook his coat vigorously before heading back to his bed.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Hydroplaning is when a vehicle starts uncontrollably sliding on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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As a public institution, UVU upholds First Amendment rights and fosters an environment where ideas – popular or controversial – can be exchanged freely, energetically, and civilly.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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This is because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to forage and digest raw foods sufficient to support brains as energetically expensive as our own, contra many a modern paleo-diet guru.—
Peter Brannen,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Feverishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feverishly. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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