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as in passionate
having or expressing great depth of feeling
at the school board meeting the librarian delivered a fervid speech defending the classic novel against would-be censors
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as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
the fervid sands of the desert
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Recent Examples of fervid
On foreign affairs, Vance was on the isolationist end of the MAGA coalition, which now includes people, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who have previously been fervid advocates of American intervention abroad.
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Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
As the novel opens, Waugh’s Universal Baseball Association is in its fifty-sixth season, each of which requires some six weeks of fervid dice rolling (a roll of 4-4-6, for instance, yields a single and advances runners by two bases).
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
The fervid Harvey Weinstein era of awards campaigning was suddenly about to blast off.
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Peter Bart,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
Most of Miller’s fervid demonstrations came while the Longhorns played defense.
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David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Jan. 2026
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Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
As the novel opens, Waugh’s Universal Baseball Association is in its fifty-sixth season, each of which requires some six weeks of fervid dice rolling (a roll of 4-4-6, for instance, yields a single and advances runners by two bases).
—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
The fervid Harvey Weinstein era of awards campaigning was suddenly about to blast off.
—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
Most of Miller’s fervid demonstrations came while the Longhorns played defense.
—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Jan. 2026
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It was captured as monarch and his eldest son visited the Natural History Museum in London to kick off the countdown to COP30, the annual United Nations climate change summit to be held the following month in Brazil, as both are passionate advocates for the environment.
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Alejandra Gomez, the executive director of the non-profit LUCHA, says that the moratorium emerged from the passionate advocacy of many Arizonans—and in the face of fierce counter-lobbying from the data center industry led by former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
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More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.
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As reigning champions Argentina returned to the World Cup stage Tuesday, there was no drive too long and no ticket too pricey for its most fervent fans.
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Her fans are among the most fervent and devoted consumers on the planet.
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Crisping the perfect pizza crust on a baking steel, searing steaks on a grill, draining a pot of scalding pasta water, or pulling a hot potato from an oven—none of these are the time or place to play it fast and loose.
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In April the hearing resumed with three searing days of testimony.
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At Fox, Collier became known for his passional embrace of blockchain, NFTs and the whole Web3 space.
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That’s why everything looks different in a cold pool versus a hot shower.
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Either way, El Niño is likely to remain a hot topic throughout 2026.
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This tank top maxi dress is a warm-weather staple.
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El Niño isn't just moving warm water around randomly in the ocean.
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In the case of the cross-burning incident, there is no comparison to the Jussie Smollett case.
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Some people drove or walked by, staring, and a video of the cross-burning gained traction online.
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“Fervid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fervid. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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