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as in raged
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
he silently fumed as his ex-girlfriend danced with her new beau
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as in stormed
to express one's anger usually violently
when she found out her driver's license was being suspended, she fumed, throwing papers across the room and shouting at the top of her lungs
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Recent Examples of fumed
Trump has similarly fumed at Thune, going so far as to refuse to sign bills until the SAVE America Act reaches his desk.
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David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026
Continue reading … POLITICS ‘NO AUTHORIZATION’ – DHS exposes background of NYC city council employee after Mamdani fumed over arrest.
—FOXNews.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Wilson fumed in silence for a few minutes as Adebayo drove.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
The vote came after a week of frustrations among some Republican lawmakers, who had fumed about previous attempts to censure Mills failing and accused their colleagues of cutting deals with Democrats to protect wrongdoers.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
The Senate on Monday took important steps to end the federal government shutdown within a few days, as many California Democrats fumed about the crisis-ending deal.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025
But on Tuesday, when FIFA Collect administrators revealed that only Category 1 and 2 tickets — the most expensive tickets, and therefore the least coveted in FIFA’s first sales phase — would be available to the vast majority of RTB holders, some of the holders fumed.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Club captain Robert Andrich questioned his teammates’ commitment after a 3-3 draw against Werder Bremen on Saturday, while ten Hag fumed at his players for clashing on the pitch while debating who would take a penalty.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2026
Continue reading … POLITICS ‘NO AUTHORIZATION’ – DHS exposes background of NYC city council employee after Mamdani fumed over arrest.
—FOXNews.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Wilson fumed in silence for a few minutes as Adebayo drove.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
The vote came after a week of frustrations among some Republican lawmakers, who had fumed about previous attempts to censure Mills failing and accused their colleagues of cutting deals with Democrats to protect wrongdoers.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
The Senate on Monday took important steps to end the federal government shutdown within a few days, as many California Democrats fumed about the crisis-ending deal.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025
But on Tuesday, when FIFA Collect administrators revealed that only Category 1 and 2 tickets — the most expensive tickets, and therefore the least coveted in FIFA’s first sales phase — would be available to the vast majority of RTB holders, some of the holders fumed.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Club captain Robert Andrich questioned his teammates’ commitment after a 3-3 draw against Werder Bremen on Saturday, while ten Hag fumed at his players for clashing on the pitch while debating who would take a penalty.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fumed
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As in the Hursh case, a battle over discovery in Nida — that is, a fight to see documents — raged for more than a year before attorneys won the right to see the State Farm documents and depose executives.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoma Watch,
31 Mar. 2026
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The conflict, which has raged on despite a truce brokered by the United States and Qatar, has sparked a huge humanitarian crisis, with at least 7 million people displaced.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Paras Griffin / Getty Images Instead, investigators say the suspects stormed the studio, separated the victims and used firearms during the attack.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Angered when his ally Munim Khan was replaced by Shams-ud-din as vakil (prime minister), Adham Khan, who was already resentful after his recall from Malwa, stormed into the court with his supporters on May 16, 1562, and murdered Shams-ud-din in the audience hall.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Look for whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and words like steamed, baked, poached, roasted, broiled or grilled.—
Dr. Sarah Kinsella,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Young leaves and shoots can be used in foods such as salads, or steamed, pickled, or sautéed.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
11 Mar. 2026
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Despite performing alongside the Sailors, Burney quietly seethed over the way Guzmán treated the band, and Fernández in particular.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
5 Mar. 2026
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For the next several years, Hostetler seethed on the bench.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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During his testimony, Fonfara said these fraudulent over-redemptions have burned a $14 million dollar hole in distributors’ pockets.—
Angela Eichhorst,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2026
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When firefighters first arrived, the blaze had burned about 50 acres.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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And once the egg has been hard boiled, there's no way to kill bacteria that get inside, Baker said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The legs and thighs for the tinga are boiled in aged chicken stock, mixed with adobo and braised before being picked up on the plancha for service.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
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The vicious murder that followed shook Kansas City to its core and to this day, no one knows for certain who snuck into Leila Welsh’s bedroom and brutally murdered her that morning.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2026
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Magnus shook his head, his damp hair flopping against the back of his neck.—
Ben Mezrich,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Fumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fumed. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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