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as in desperately
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as in busily
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Recent Examples of feverishly
The Carys took one look at Vera’s fish, then began to cast feverishly.
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Hank Bradshaw,
Outdoor Life,
24 June 2026
Devastating and often fatal wrong-way crashes have MassDOT and lawmakers like State Senator Bruce Tarr working feverishly to prevent them.
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Paul Burton,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
As Major League Baseball’s Rays make their latest fitful pursuit to build a new Tampa Bay home, an Orlando group is feverishly working to develop a fanbase, win political support, and perhaps gain a chunk of tourism dollars for a ballpark in the event opportunity comes its way.
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Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
Fans have spent the past few months feverishly speculating about who the band will hire.
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Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2026
Ben’Imana offers no simple definitions of courage, but rather a feverishly human group portrait of its possible expressions, with the exceptional triumvirate of Nyirinkindi, Kabano and the radiant Nishimwe forming the story’s broken but still hopeful heart.
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Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Evoking Sean Baker in its style, a whirlwind 10-minute opening sequence — sweatily shot by Adam Newport-Berra and feverishly cut by editors Taylor Levy and Sofía Subercaseaux to a steady, heavy throb of bass — establishes this world to either seductive or nightmarish effect.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 May 2026
Schools now feverishly compete to prepare graduates with simplistic educational remedies driven by competitive branding agendas, providing symbolic curriculum overhauls as recruiting and job-placement signals, regardless of whether such courses share a coherent body of core knowledge.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Companies are feverishly deploying them across their workforces, encouraging employees to use the tech as much as possible.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
Hank Bradshaw,
Outdoor Life,
24 June 2026
Devastating and often fatal wrong-way crashes have MassDOT and lawmakers like State Senator Bruce Tarr working feverishly to prevent them.
—
Paul Burton,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
As Major League Baseball’s Rays make their latest fitful pursuit to build a new Tampa Bay home, an Orlando group is feverishly working to develop a fanbase, win political support, and perhaps gain a chunk of tourism dollars for a ballpark in the event opportunity comes its way.
—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
Fans have spent the past few months feverishly speculating about who the band will hire.
—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2026
Ben’Imana offers no simple definitions of courage, but rather a feverishly human group portrait of its possible expressions, with the exceptional triumvirate of Nyirinkindi, Kabano and the radiant Nishimwe forming the story’s broken but still hopeful heart.
—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Evoking Sean Baker in its style, a whirlwind 10-minute opening sequence — sweatily shot by Adam Newport-Berra and feverishly cut by editors Taylor Levy and Sofía Subercaseaux to a steady, heavy throb of bass — establishes this world to either seductive or nightmarish effect.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 May 2026
Schools now feverishly compete to prepare graduates with simplistic educational remedies driven by competitive branding agendas, providing symbolic curriculum overhauls as recruiting and job-placement signals, regardless of whether such courses share a coherent body of core knowledge.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Companies are feverishly deploying them across their workforces, encouraging employees to use the tech as much as possible.
—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feverishly
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Designated for assignment by the Phillies, Wilson was claimed by the Cubs, who desperately needed bullpen depth.
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New York desperately needs housing and Aqueduct must be a major part of the answer.
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An acre of gleaming stainless steel and people in white lab coats busily believing this.
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Flush with cash from the AI boom, Nvidia has been busily pushing its vision for physical AI through multiple robotics initiatives.
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The Melodies of the Danube itinerary connects Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, and the Wachau Valley coherently rather than frantically.
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Mount Baldy made headlines in 2013 when a 6-year-old boy was suddenly swallowed by the dune, prompting rescues to frantically dig him out.
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As aides at the Capitol were actively building a stage for the celebratory event, meant to communicate a big cost-of-living win to voters, the president abruptly canceled it.
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Bill Haley, who is currently running for the Sixth District seat on the Jackson County Legislature, said that when complaints began to rise in 2023, schools and other taxing jurisdictions should have actively prepared to absorb the financial impact.
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And when Andreeva hits one of her crazily creative shots and turns to Martínez for praise, she is met with a smile, and maybe some clapping.
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The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.
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The mixture should bubble vigorously and not produce a smell other than the smell of vinegar.
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Shake vigorously until chilled.
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
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Back in their dorm room after the beating, Valentine watched as Okeadu began to tremble uncontrollably.
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There was also a large contingent of Iranian fans who energetically waved the nation’s current flag.
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When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects.
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“Feverishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feverishly. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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