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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
So Isaac and Mulligan have done seething resentment before in the most watchable way.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
And because our planet back then was a seething ball of magma, the lunar nearside should have been baked like crème brûlée, with the nearside turning molten and bubbly.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
The footnotes are seething with granularity.
—Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The Hill’s Mike Lillis and Sudiksha Kochi report hard-line House conservatives are seething after Johnson reversed course to support the Senate plan after initially opposing it.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2026
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
And because our planet back then was a seething ball of magma, the lunar nearside should have been baked like crème brûlée, with the nearside turning molten and bubbly.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
The footnotes are seething with granularity.
—Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The Hill’s Mike Lillis and Sudiksha Kochi report hard-line House conservatives are seething after Johnson reversed course to support the Senate plan after initially opposing it.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seethe
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Day-trippers can swirl a glass of peppery Carménère at a Spanish-colonial Maipo Valley winery, soak in milky-green hot springs at Colina Valley, or hike to the Condor Lookout to photograph the largest raptors on earth.—
Mark Johanson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
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The Paloma Sherbet is grapefruit and reposado tequila swirled with chili lime curd.—
Ella Gonzales
May 15,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
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Outside his ivory tower, the heterosis disease is raging on, turning men whose appetites normally lay only in prostate orgasms, poppers, all-night benders, and chemsex into the kind of people who suddenly have an affection for a church wedding.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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As the war [by Russia in Ukraine] rages on, Sakha culture is increasingly reaching beyond its borders and building new connections with the East.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Blend until smooth, then finish by churning in an ice cream maker.—
Eleesha Lockett,
Verywell Health,
10 May 2026
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Don’t miss suja, or black tea churned with butter and salt, which shows up everywhere from afternoon monastery visits to morning breakfast spreads.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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Yet over nearly two hours and three steaming mugs of tea, the spoiler-averse director is unexpectedly forthcoming.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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Once the milk begins to steam, add in 24 large marshmallows.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 May 2026
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Liquid helium has to travel in cryogenic ISO containers that boil off after 35 to 48 days, and industry reporting said roughly 200 of those containers were stranded near the Strait of Hormuz.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Several hours ahead or two days ahead, plunge beans into 3 to 4 quarts of rapidly boiling water.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
18 May 2026
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Or, at least, distract us from the sensation of burning?—
Caroline Rose Giuliani,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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The fire has burned two historic structures on the island, which is home to rare plant species like the Torrey pine.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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While Becerra has not been accused of any wrongdoing, the corruption scandal has roiled the governor’s race as his rivals have used it as political fodder.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
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For both bonds, this week saw yields jump the most since tariffs roiled global markets in early 2025.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Manzo was 21 when gunmen stormed an Uruapan nightclub not far from his mother’s dress shop and rolled five human heads onto the dance floor.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Continue reading … IN OTHER NEWS MOB CHAOS — Soccer fans storm field in 22 minutes flat, forcing players to flee for their lives.—
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FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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