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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 seething
Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This means that voters and Congress members alike are driven not so much by loyalty to their own party but instead a sort of seething hatred for the other political party.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
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
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Adjective
After his second impeachment by the House of Representatives in January 2021, there were reports that a seething Trump was not going to pay his personal attorney's legal fees.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This means that voters and Congress members alike are driven not so much by loyalty to their own party but instead a sort of seething hatred for the other political party.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
Verb
To Bondi and her allies, the outdated portraits offered proof that the department was riddled with suspect personnel seething at the election results.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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seething
Adjective
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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The clouds have been swirling around Andrews for much of the season.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
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Here, sea level rise is accelerating at some of the most extreme rates on Earth, while hurricanes increasingly are swirling ashore with an unprecedented ferociousness.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Newsom, along with California’s two Senators, had spent most of Wednesday in LA with fire survivors and first responders on the anniversary of the raging storm that destroyed so much for so many.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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Another piece of footage, also geolocated, shows a fire raging inside a government complex in northeast Golestan province.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The last eruption, in 1988, buried the surrounding coral beds in molten rock.—
Gisela Williams,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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Together, the solid ceramic and molten salt let the battery pair a highly reactive sodium‑metal anode with a cheap, rugged cathode mixture while still moving ions fast enough for practical power output.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
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Marine officials said the tossing and churning in the surf caused gases to form and inflate the tongue.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Bears defensive lineman Austin Booker was the next defender to contact Kinnard, but Kinnard kept churning his feet.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Instead, he was bundled off in the middle of the night to the USS Iwo Jima steaming offshore in the Caribbean and then a flight to Stewart Air National Guard Base in the Hudson Valley on his way to a New York jail cell to await his trial.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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The extra hydration and water vapor from a steaming mug of tea help thin the mucus.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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As their hot hookups and sexting deepen into a real relationship, the two hockey stars are forced to keep their sizzling romance secret due to their very public careers, and the fear of how coming out would impact their professional and private lives.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Jan. 2026
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The egg stuck, sizzling, on the edge of the stovepipe, which toppled toward my bare legs.—
Patrick F. McManus,
Outdoor Life,
25 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Though lazy Susans are better known for their utility on the table, consider getting one for more flexibility and succinct storage space within corner cabinets for whirling out pots and pans.—
Alex Ronan,
Architectural Digest,
1 Jan. 2026
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Dru Smith remains a whirling dervish on defense, delivering three more steals.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Seething.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seething. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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