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Recent Examples of effervesceSulfur dioxide, which effervesces from active volcanic vents and craters, reacts with sunlight, moisture, particulate and oxygen to produce clouds of fine particles.—
Maya Wei-Haas,
Smithsonian,
25 May 2018 For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent.—
Lisa Ryan,
The Cut,
2 May 2018 Siphons charge the cocktails with CO2, which change their texture, making the flavors effervesce and pop.—
Lauren Le Vine,
Redbook,
28 June 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for effervesce
bubble
Verb
The broiling temperatures released toxic gases and hazardous liquid waste that bubbled up to the surface.
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Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Aug. 2026
After a late night meal at an Indian restaurant followed by a nightcap at the crew's favorite Italian restaurant, a season's worth of suspicions comes bubbling up for Tony in the form of a violent episode of food poisoning.