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Recent Examples of teem
Cromwell’s middle-aged regrets build poignantly, while brisker pacing and some levity—Cromwell is widowed, and various courtiers take it upon themselves to play matchmaker—lend the proceedings a teeming liveliness.
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
Avenue John Brown, one of three main roads that connect downtown Port-au-Prince to affluent Pétion-Ville, was once a scene of teeming street merchants and bumper-to-bumper traffic.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Faith in the view of the world as a teeming marketplace has given way to hostility toward globalization in favor of the pursuit of self-sufficiency.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Little has been revealed about the plot for City of Life Continuum apart from the fact that the trio play Egyptian, Chinese and Nigerian visitors to Dubai over the New Year period, who experience the teeming Gulf city in different ways.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
Avenue John Brown, one of three main roads that connect downtown Port-au-Prince to affluent Pétion-Ville, was once a scene of teeming street merchants and bumper-to-bumper traffic.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Faith in the view of the world as a teeming marketplace has given way to hostility toward globalization in favor of the pursuit of self-sufficiency.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Little has been revealed about the plot for City of Life Continuum apart from the fact that the trio play Egyptian, Chinese and Nigerian visitors to Dubai over the New Year period, who experience the teeming Gulf city in different ways.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teem
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Sleight of Hand is a powerful, intense rye whiskey bursting with bold flavors reflecting Texas whiskey's power.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Summer isn’t officially here yet, but Amazon is already bursting with airy dresses for under $50.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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The implication that Kanan himself could have killed his own mother has people buzzing.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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Myth: Exposure to cicada noise will cause hearing loss As the second-largest periodical cicada, Brood XIV can make a lot of noise when the male cicadas attempt to attract mates with their buzzing sounds.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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History abounds with examples of presidential maladies being minimized, or kept secret.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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Cataloochee Valley Wildlife abounds in the Great Smoky Mountains.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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No deals have been reached with America’s largest trading partners, including Canada, Mexico and China, which is the single biggest contributor to the bulging U.S. trade deficit that Trump calls a rip-off for the American people.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2025
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Movies don't get more manly than Predator, which is positively brimming with bulging muscles, oneupmanship, relentless s— talk, chainguns, and some of Schwarzenegger's silliest one-liners since Commando.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Think mountain towns that hum in winter and hibernate in summer (hello, ski resorts turned hiking paradises).—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Because the vagus nerve runs past the vocal cords, there’s some thought that humming could stimulate the vagus nerve (and therefore parasympathetic nervous system), which might offer calming effects, says Gordon-Elliott.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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“Teem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teem. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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