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Recent Examples of feverishly
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.
—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
The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries, led by Pakistan, worked feverishly to head off a further escalation of the conflict.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries led by Pakistan worked feverishly to head off a further escalation.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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
The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries, led by Pakistan, worked feverishly to head off a further escalation of the conflict.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries led by Pakistan worked feverishly to head off a further escalation.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feverishly
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But Uri spots talent, and soon Niki will desperately need the money when Harry lands in the hospital.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Some vehicles try desperately to look adventurous.—
Tim Jackson,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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Building Consistent Wealth in an Inconsistent Environment The need for strong financial design—and its increasingly important role in retention—is why folks like Colin remain so busily employed.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The journey began on the top deck of a research vessel as a crew of Sims-like individuals busily prepared for the upcoming dive to the wreckage.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Avoid splashing frantically in fear.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Let’s take advantage while the bots are frantically throwing trade tantrums!—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adverb
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Even those of us who aren’t actively breaking still feel the malaise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Experts say young people could be actively defying the warnings about sun exposure — after all, many grew up hearing them from parents, doctors, and in some cases, school programs.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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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.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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And still, crazily enough, there are occasional firsts.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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His soccer family raised funds to hire an immigration attorney, Kelli Fennell, who vigorously fought for his release.—
Gregory Royal Pratt,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Mirabeau’s words in support of universal equality were addressed to the plantation owners in France’s overseas colonies who had fought vigorously to be allowed to have deputies in the National Assembly.—
Jeremy D. Popkin,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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But across Oklahoma, the fluid is spreading uncontrollably belowground, blasting out of old, unplugged wells, polluting land and contaminating drinking water.—
Katie Campbell,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
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The Eagles posted a video on the night of the trade of Hurts and Brown on a FaceTime call with each other, laughing uncontrollably.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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We are energetically drawn to and away from different things at various points in our lives.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The crowd also reacted energetically to questions about Kansas City barbecue and a call for Congress to pass the SAVE Act, a bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026
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“Feverishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feverishly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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