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as in to rage
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence
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Recent Examples of seethe
Dead to Me got off to a compelling start thanks to its tight focus on Applegate’s seething widow character, Jen; Cardellini’s dreamy, eccentric, secret-harboring Judy; and the electricity of the interdependent friendship that forms so quickly between these two lonely women.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Without him, the series is rooted to the ground — to all the low-level crime happening on Gotham’s streets and the way loss dictates our shifting barometers for right and wrong — and the season finds zany and seething ways to explore that spectrum of morality.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Perhaps some shame or embarrassment comes with the changing perceptions of both clubs on a personal level, but Steinbrenner isn’t his dad, who used to think spring training games against the Mets were must-win affairs and would surely be seething right now.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Alabama’s out, the SEC is seething and major changes are coming to the CFP as a result.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Without him, the series is rooted to the ground — to all the low-level crime happening on Gotham’s streets and the way loss dictates our shifting barometers for right and wrong — and the season finds zany and seething ways to explore that spectrum of morality.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Perhaps some shame or embarrassment comes with the changing perceptions of both clubs on a personal level, but Steinbrenner isn’t his dad, who used to think spring training games against the Mets were must-win affairs and would surely be seething right now.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Alabama’s out, the SEC is seething and major changes are coming to the CFP as a result.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seethe
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The question is already swirling Dec. 10, 2024 Becerra last week demurred when asked about his plans days after leaving his federal post.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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Disney's island-hopping sequel, Jenkins' live-action/CGI swirl of a prequel, and the third run of the cyan speedster have accumulated impressive sums over their nine, six, and six respective weeks in theaters.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Musk, who has been raging against anyone who dares to get in his way, is smashing through agencies so quickly that Washington is struggling to fully understand what is happening in real time.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
3 Feb. 2025
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McNally confirmed that the crew was able to land the Super Scooper safely, but said that the aircraft was out of commission for approximately five days as the Palisades Fire raged on.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps this ensures a period of OS exclusivity to encourage more users to churn.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Generated by the churning molten metals in Earth’s core, the magnetosphere shields the planet from harmful solar radiation and keeps solar winds from stripping away Earth’s atmosphere.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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A couple of men who had set up a brazier sold us paper cups of steaming tea.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Turn off the heat and let the pot rest, steaming the contents inside for 20 minutes.—
Ingu Chen,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) said all Trinity Bay Conservation District customers in this community should boil their water.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Place parchment lid directly on top of vegetables and liquid, and simmer — don’t boil — stirring occasionally, for 20 to 25 minutes, until potatoes are very tender.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
The Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2025
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
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For millions of years following the Big Bang, after the universe’s roiling soup of particles had cooled, the cosmos was a dark and boring place.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Jan. 2025
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The confusion was compounded by the ongoing freeze on external communications at HHS, which has roiled medical researchers and clinicians.—
Tina Reed,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s pardons of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, emboldens those associated with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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The Heat’s fourth quarter run began after an infuriated Spoelstra stormed on the court and called timeout, angry that Jonathan Isaac scored on a put back, even with the Heat playing the 7-0 Ware, the 6-10 Jovic and the 6-9 Adebayo on the court at the same time for the first time all season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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