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Recent Examples of simmers
There’s a time and a place for a laborious chili recipe with upwards of 30 ingredients that simmers all day long.
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Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Black lives don’t matter in Warwick Thornton’s fiercely original outback Western Wolfram, a surprisingly emotional genre piece that simmers with menace and doesn’t let up until the bloody finale.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
Every interaction simmers with tension, but that deafening silence and psychological intensity is the heart of the series.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
In the new movie starring Denzel Washington, the camera rollicks, the edit clips at warp speed, and the sound mix explodes in Lee's coruscating New York — but the primordial ethical conflict at its heart simmers the same.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Black lives don’t matter in Warwick Thornton’s fiercely original outback Western Wolfram, a surprisingly emotional genre piece that simmers with menace and doesn’t let up until the bloody finale.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
Every interaction simmers with tension, but that deafening silence and psychological intensity is the heart of the series.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
In the new movie starring Denzel Washington, the camera rollicks, the edit clips at warp speed, and the sound mix explodes in Lee's coruscating New York — but the primordial ethical conflict at its heart simmers the same.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simmers
boils
Verb
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Bobbi boils with resentment and shame when Recife’s crooked police chief undermines his masculinity.—
Michael Snyder,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Charleston has also earned a national reputation for its cuisine, with restaurants, such as Hyman’s Seafood and Magnolias, serving classic dishes like shrimp-n-grits, red rice, and Lowcountry boils.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Simmers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simmers. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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