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Recent Examples of teem
The main street leading to Masjid An-Nabawi in Madinah was teeming, as everyone paced to get a spot for the sacred Jummah (Friday) prayer.
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Mariam Amini,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
Nilsson’s Evening Street Scene, 1964, a bustling urban tableau, along with Two Ladies and Starry Stage Ladies, both 1967, whose focal points are women mid-strut, recall certain prints from George Grosz’s 1922–23 Ecce Homo portfolio, not in tone but in their teeming rakishness.
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Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
With virtually no set other than some boxes and platforms that get pushed onstage so that various authority figures can tower over the teeming masses, there’s plenty of room to dance.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
To accept that there will always be creatures teeming nearby, some of them agonizing, expelled from their days.
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María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mariam Amini,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
Nilsson’s Evening Street Scene, 1964, a bustling urban tableau, along with Two Ladies and Starry Stage Ladies, both 1967, whose focal points are women mid-strut, recall certain prints from George Grosz’s 1922–23 Ecce Homo portfolio, not in tone but in their teeming rakishness.
—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
With virtually no set other than some boxes and platforms that get pushed onstage so that various authority figures can tower over the teeming masses, there’s plenty of room to dance.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
To accept that there will always be creatures teeming nearby, some of them agonizing, expelled from their days.
—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teem
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Without a care about the mud or the impending return to reality, the crowd relished the final moments of the festival as fireworks burst over the stage.
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In two places outside Berlin, the concrete of the A2 burst due to the high temperatures and the highway had to be closed.
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Mosquitos buzz in, emerging from eggs laid in stagnant water across the region.
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London draws more than 30 million visitors annually, and along with its buzzing energy and endless opportunities comes one of the world’s most exciting food scenes.
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Wellness touches abound, from three types of healing bath salts to positive affirmations on the clothes hangers and musical instruments to strum in lieu of a TV (although the latter is available on request).
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July 1 is typically a moment where hope springs and possibilities abound.
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Schoenaerts menacingly grins his way through the movie, with appealingly bulging eyes.
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Tiny bulging eyes form long before the animal resembles a shark at all and its future face exists only as clusters of migrating cells, slowly organizing themselves into the structures that will eventually become jaws, cartilage and sensory organs.
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On the exhibition floor at the annual international BIO conference in San Diego, biotech and startup executives hummed around pavilions representing member countries and states, pausing to watch World Cup games on a giant screen at a South Korean contract drug manufacturer’s booth.
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Fans latched on too, humming the tune, playing the video — of players and supporters soaking up the scene — on repeat ever since.
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“Teem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teem. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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