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as in to rage
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence
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Recent Examples of seethe
The footnotes are seething with granularity.
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Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The Hill’s Mike Lillis and Sudiksha Kochi report hard-line House conservatives are seething after Johnson reversed course to support the Senate plan after initially opposing it.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2026
But it was inspired out of just seething hatred.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2026
Despite performing alongside the Sailors, Burney quietly seethed over the way Guzmán treated the band, and Fernández in particular.
—Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026
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Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The Hill’s Mike Lillis and Sudiksha Kochi report hard-line House conservatives are seething after Johnson reversed course to support the Senate plan after initially opposing it.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2026
But it was inspired out of just seething hatred.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2026
Despite performing alongside the Sailors, Burney quietly seethed over the way Guzmán treated the band, and Fernández in particular.
—Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seethe
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Next up was the Reese’s ice cream, which used a chocolate base with peanut butter swirled throughout.—
Tristan Graziano,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
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Formula 1 races in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain were canceled and rumors swirled around whether future WWE events could be held in the kingdom.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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On October 10, 1957, a raging inferno swept through the core of Unit 1 nuclear reactor at Windscale, Cumberland (now Sellafield, Cumbria) for three days.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The raging fire broke out on Schley Street in Newark.—
John Dias,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Still, Mumford rightly notes that their famous books are churning with deep meaning beneath their surface symbols.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Long story short, churning, in various forms, has been around for a while.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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That is a steaming hot pile of garbage.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dinners take place in traditional nomad tents around the communal fire pit, and range from steaming hot pots with yak meat, mushrooms and tofu to haute-Tibetan tasting menus with wild vegetables in corn foam, tsampa grissini, and lamb shoulder with yak yogurt glaze and salsa verde.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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One-Pan Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken and Peas All the creaminess of a traditional chicken alfredo (one of our favorite chicken recipes)—minus the extra pot for boiling the pasta.—
Ashlyn Ware,
Midwest Living,
24 Apr. 2026
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Pouring 2 to 3 gallons of boiling water on a fire ant mound will kill the mound about 60% of the time.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency rescinded several longstanding environmental regulations, including gutting the 2009 endangerment finding and rolling back air quality standards for coal-burning power plants, which advocates say will cause irreparable harm.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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The cladding on the house is called Shou Sugi Ban, which is a Japanese process of preserving wood by pre-burning it and then staining it to [create a durable, fire-retardant material].—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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Attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel have roiled oil markets, causing a surge in prices, according to USA TODAY.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Five months later, thousands are still waiting for bills and tens of thousands are waiting for refunds, the latest development in the technology upgrade debacle that has roiled the county’s tax system for more than four years with no clear end in sight.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The visit of King Charles, 77, with Queen Camilla, 78, comes only days after a gunman stormed the White House Correspondents Dinner that the president was attending.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Cole Tomas Allen, 31, who hails from Torrance, CA, allegedly tried to storm the annual event at the Washington Hilton in the nation’s capital while wielding guns.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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