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Recent Examples of feverishly
Reporters from many media outlets spent the afternoon feverishly examining the files.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Scrape, shovel, rake was the theme for the day for homes across Massachusetts as residents, plow drivers and landscapers worked feverishly to remove snow off rooftops, steps and driveways.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Inside Friendly Arctic, a local printing shop, circular machines with long metal branches spin feverishly.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2025
The new flick’s trailer shows Pierre’s hands feverishly sketching the 2025 inauguration night gown.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 Dec. 2025
While Will is feverishly negotiating with a powerful vicar who wants to censor Love’s Labor’s Lost, he is devastated by the 1596 loss of his son to the plague.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
News channels with noise that litters the scene are feverishly traded for upbeat music chosen to lift spirits rather than allow the group to sit with the stark reality for more than a handful of minutes.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
Among the new cohort was Wu Fei, 32, feverishly touted by local media as China’s youngest astronaut ever to make it to space.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The group spent the next week feverishly uploading data and scientific protocols to an online repository and transferring access to park staff whose jobs seemed more secure.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Scrape, shovel, rake was the theme for the day for homes across Massachusetts as residents, plow drivers and landscapers worked feverishly to remove snow off rooftops, steps and driveways.
—Paul Burton, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Inside Friendly Arctic, a local printing shop, circular machines with long metal branches spin feverishly.
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2025
The new flick’s trailer shows Pierre’s hands feverishly sketching the 2025 inauguration night gown.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 Dec. 2025
While Will is feverishly negotiating with a powerful vicar who wants to censor Love’s Labor’s Lost, he is devastated by the 1596 loss of his son to the plague.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
News channels with noise that litters the scene are feverishly traded for upbeat music chosen to lift spirits rather than allow the group to sit with the stark reality for more than a handful of minutes.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
Among the new cohort was Wu Fei, 32, feverishly touted by local media as China’s youngest astronaut ever to make it to space.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
The group spent the next week feverishly uploading data and scientific protocols to an online repository and transferring access to park staff whose jobs seemed more secure.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feverishly
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Melania is shown engaging in less frivolous activities, including meeting with an Israeli woman who was taken hostage by Hamas and is now desperately trying to get her husband freed.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Grammys are changing; the Grammys are desperately in need of still more change.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Getty Images—2026 Getty Images At the same time, Denmark has been busily bolstering its military presence in Greenland.—
Lisa Abend,
Time,
18 Jan. 2026
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No matter what happens Monday night in the College Football Playoff title game between Indiana and Miami — a game that will be played in South Florida — Columbus will be busily celebrating the sight of alums hoisting the national championship trophy.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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This was mostly because Sonia was busy with the German shepherd, who slept behind a gate in the kitchen and barked frantically whenever another parent came to the door.—
Nell Freudenberger,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Laura frantically tapped her arm.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Facing huge manpower pressures as its war in Ukraine nears the four-year mark, Russia actively promotes the participation of African recruits in its army as part of a broader PR narrative.—
Larry Madowo,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Mayhem executive producer Andrew Watt handled guitar, co-producer Cirkut played synth, Josh Freese drummed, and Gaga commanded two keyboards, actively tweaking sounds on a modular synthesizer.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2026
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Granted, by the time the Jet Skis are swinging crazily in the air, Nathan has only been onboard for a few hours.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
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That seems like a crazily low number of songs.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said Lemon will fight the charges vigorously.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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After using it, shaking my fingers through my roots vigorously did not result in any snowfall.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
31 Jan. 2026
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It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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Let her courage linger while the sports calendar spins uncontrollably.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Reproduction in these animals has long been considered a slow, energetically demanding process, especially compared with most bony fishes, yet until this study, no one had directly measured how much energy a shark actually uses while producing eggs.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In other words, relationships that drain you (financially, emotionally or energetically) won’t survive another season.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Feverishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feverishly. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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