teemed

Definition of teemednext
past tense of teem
as in burst
to be copiously supplied the area teems with entrepreneurs hoping to hit upon the next big thing

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Recent Examples of teemed In Stubb’s Cave, strangler-fig roots teemed from ceiling apertures. Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teemed
Verb
  • Marlin burst through the building yelling, according to several people working there that morning.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • After flooding and damage from bursting pipes worsened over the past week and a half at the troubled Concierge Apartments in Rocky Hill, town officials officially condemned 200 apartments in the massive complex Thursday afternoon.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • That message carried into the museum's science classrooms, where children learned about electricity by holding hands to create a human circuit — prompting cheers as a device buzzed and lit up.
    Eva Andersen, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Fresh off a plane and finally inside the Toyota Center with a new cast of characters, Coby White stood on the baseline while the activity buzzed around him.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The surrounding metropolitan area has similarly bulged.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Even pre-Covid, his pockets bulged with hand sanitizer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • At the time the Academy West Investments affiliate bought University Park, which is two blocks from the UC Berkeley campus, the then-owners brimmed with confidence that the property offered plenty of upside.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Bryan, who was a Navy ordnanceman until his songwriting introduced a new career path, hadn’t anticipated backlash; fans brimmed with excitement for a full release.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The nondescript industrial buildings once hummed away largely behind the scenes, powering the various facets of our online lives.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The laser-cutting machine hummed with life.
    Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Iranian media abounded with debates among economists and market analysts, weighing the costs and benefits of the reforms.
    Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Excitement abounded at the summit at the possibility of turning data centers from water guzzlers into self- or semi-sufficient water producers.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Cellphone video obtained by CBS News shows the moment 200 officers then swarmed the property.
    Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Seattle swarmed Maye all game, sacked him six times, forced him into three turnovers and generally gave him little room to breathe as the Seahawks beat the Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl 60.
    Tim Rohan, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Despite the internet shutdown, footage of many horrifying scenes began to emerge, including images of a makeshift morgue set up outside the Legal Medicine Organization (a state forensic institute) in Kahrizak, near Tehran, after the facility’s morgue overflowed with bodies.
    Hamid Kashani, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
  • First, popovers larger than life that overflowed the bread plate.
    Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Teemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teemed. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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