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Recent Examples of simmers
There’s a time and a place for a laborious chili recipe with upwards of 30 ingredients that simmers all day long.
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Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Black lives don’t matter in Warwick Thornton’s fiercely original outback Western Wolfram, a surprisingly emotional genre piece that simmers with menace and doesn’t let up until the bloody finale.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
Every interaction simmers with tension, but that deafening silence and psychological intensity is the heart of the series.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
In the new movie starring Denzel Washington, the camera rollicks, the edit clips at warp speed, and the sound mix explodes in Lee's coruscating New York — but the primordial ethical conflict at its heart simmers the same.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Black lives don’t matter in Warwick Thornton’s fiercely original outback Western Wolfram, a surprisingly emotional genre piece that simmers with menace and doesn’t let up until the bloody finale.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
Every interaction simmers with tension, but that deafening silence and psychological intensity is the heart of the series.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
In the new movie starring Denzel Washington, the camera rollicks, the edit clips at warp speed, and the sound mix explodes in Lee's coruscating New York — but the primordial ethical conflict at its heart simmers the same.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simmers
boils
Verb
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Other seafood boils range from $20 to $50.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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Here are some parties, crawfish boils, king cake locations, and more for the holiday.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Simmers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simmers. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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