as in boiling
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as in raging
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
Josh Yohe, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Bondi Beach, Sydney — For Australia’s tiny Jewish population, Bondi Beach was a refuge within a vast country that offered sanctuary to families fleeing a seething hate that killed six million of their kind within the lifetime of some of their oldest members.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
So Isaac and Mulligan have done seething resentment before in the most watchable way.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
There is no doubt in my mind, however, that Dubas is absolutely seething.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Bondi Beach, Sydney — For Australia’s tiny Jewish population, Bondi Beach was a refuge within a vast country that offered sanctuary to families fleeing a seething hate that killed six million of their kind within the lifetime of some of their oldest members.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
Verb
Her Catherine is less defined by the quirky, appealing eccentricities of Mary-Louise Parker’s performance in the original 2000 Broadway staging, but is girded by a certain angry resignation, fearful of what life might have in store, furious too, yet seething with a will to defy it all.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
So Isaac and Mulligan have done seething resentment before in the most watchable way.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seething
Adjective
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More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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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
Verb
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Rumors of guest list drama are swirling Unsurprisingly, Swift and Kelce have been tight-lipped about wedding details, but keeping an event this huge under wraps is an uphill battle.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
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In May, confirming rumors that had been swirling for months, Anthropic’s life sciences lead Eric Kauderer-Abrams publicly acknowledged that the company is building out its own wet labs and hiring biologists to run its own basic research.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
Verb
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The market is trying to recover, but elite collectors seemingly want only trophy works; raging global conflicts, economic uncertainty, and political turmoil have whittled demand down to the safest names.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
24 June 2026
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So the curiosity about his record collection has been raging away.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2026
Adjective
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The rhythm section is downright molten, an understated, earthy sway beneath Davis’ soaring melodies.—
Natalie Weiner,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
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Ready in just 30 minutes, this skillet cookie stars a molten center and crispy edges thanks to being baked a cast-iron skillet.—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
19 June 2026
Verb
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More than 130 flights have been canceled out of Chicago Midway and O'Hare because of dangerous weather churning its way across the Midwest, leaving more than 35,000 Illinois residents without power.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
18 June 2026
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Everyone was in the water, churning over every mound of debris.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
Verb
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Primitive manmade paths have been carved among the hills, which are dotted with steaming vents, small rivers, and glacial ice.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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When in doubt, stick to food that is cooked and served steaming hot.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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In a sizzling dissent for the court's three liberals, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson castigated the majority for diminishing not just individual religious rights, but the power of Congress to legislate.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
23 June 2026
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The sizzling heat will stick around through the weekend with high temperatures in the low 90s.—
Lissette Gonzalez,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Verb
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That’s the question that has been whirling around Hollywood since the news broke that Amazon MGM Studios was dropping the feature just months after Amazon entered into a $50 billion investment with Sam Altman’s OpenAI.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
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With the Splash Into Summer there, there were several sprinklers whirling around near several parts of the path giving people a chance to cool off.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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“Seething.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seething. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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