1
as in to swirl
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha

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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Recent Examples of seethe To Bondi and her allies, the outdated portraits offered proof that the department was riddled with suspect personnel seething at the election results. Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 The only thing that is missing is evidence of seething libs. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025 For now, however, the ruling is reverberating through GOP circles on Capitol Hill: Conservatives are seething, moderates are quietly breathing a sigh of relief, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is rethinking the bill’s path toward passage in the upper chamber. Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 26 June 2025 But fury is being openly vented across the Russia media, with pro-Kremlin pundits and bloggers seething with calls for retribution, even nuclear retaliation. Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for seethe
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  • The bristles are neither too floppy nor too stiff, neither too long nor too short, and are cut to the perfect rounded shape that’s just right for swirling pigment over the apples or spreading it along your cheekbones—without having to work too hard for a completely natural finish.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • These familiar, turbulent morasses of swirling droplets continue to stymie scientists.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • As the Tush Push discourse raged Sunday night following the Chiefs’ 20-17 loss to the Eagles, another debate started.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • At times, officials, including senior advisor Stephen Miller, have raged against federal judges for standing in their way by issuing nationwide injunctions, some of which Sotomayor and her colleagues have then had brought before them.
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • That, combined with professional property management, will leave you free of midnight plumbing calls and churning tenants.
    Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In place of steady waves, there’s just a churning sea.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • Needless to say, fans are steaming.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • At the other end, the Premier League is steaming beyond its peers; a super league in all but name.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Humans could be easily killed by radiation exposure, and the lack of atmospheric pressure on Mars or in orbit would cause a person’s blood to boil if they were exposed.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Take your time and make sure to boil and simmer as directed.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Lapin and her family were among the more than 150,000 people throughout Los Angeles forced to evacuate their homes because of the blazes, which burned more than 40,000 acres and destroyed over 16,000 structures.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Historic data In 2024, California experienced 305 fires caused by lightning, resulting in 90,206 acres of wildland burned, according to NIFC records.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • Advertisement The power of social media to foment popular protest is no stranger to Asia, where the internet has been a key driver of popular uprisings that toppled governments in Sri Lanka in 2022 and Bangladesh in 2024, and continue to roil Indonesia today.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Airbus has maintained its deliveries target throughout the year, even as tariffs have threatened to roil its business.
    Russell Leung, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Just five days later, on September 9, demonstrators stormed and set fire to key government buildings, deposing the administration, as the BBC reported.
    Javier Bastardo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And in a rural field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, a similar ceremony marked by moments of silence, the reading of names and the laying of wreaths, will honor the victims of Flight 93, the hijacked plane that crashed after crew members and passengers tried to storm the cockpit.
    Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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