teemed

Definition of teemednext
past tense of teem
as in burst
to be copiously supplied the area teems with entrepreneurs hoping to hit upon the next big thing

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Recent Examples of teemed In Stubb’s Cave, strangler-fig roots teemed from ceiling apertures. Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
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Verb
  • By the time Aubry came back for season 38, her head was swirling from her time in the reality television bubble, and her psyche was ready to burst.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Still, my pick is Astropical by the power duo Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana — a cosmic-tropical oasis bursting with vibrant sonic textures that feel both exhilarating and otherworldly.
    Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • On a recent afternoon, one of its nine New York stores buzzed with customers picking up mobile orders.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Before long, Colin has buzzed his hair and fallen in with Ray’s biker gang, many of whose members are paired off in sub-dom dyads of their own.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The surrounding metropolitan area has similarly bulged.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Even pre-Covid, his pockets bulged with hand sanitizer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • At the time the Academy West Investments affiliate bought University Park, which is two blocks from the UC Berkeley campus, the then-owners brimmed with confidence that the property offered plenty of upside.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Bryan, who was a Navy ordnanceman until his songwriting introduced a new career path, hadn’t anticipated backlash; fans brimmed with excitement for a full release.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The nondescript industrial buildings once hummed away largely behind the scenes, powering the various facets of our online lives.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The laser-cutting machine hummed with life.
    Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Iranian media abounded with debates among economists and market analysts, weighing the costs and benefits of the reforms.
    Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Excitement abounded at the summit at the possibility of turning data centers from water guzzlers into self- or semi-sufficient water producers.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Thousands of protesters met in front of City Hall in the afternoon, before many marched to the federal detention center, where a mob of violent agitators swarmed the area, pushing a large construction dumpster and blocking the entrance to the building's loading dock.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This community of about three square miles and twenty-two thousand people is, like much of the greater Minneapolis metro area, presently swarmed with agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, and has been for weeks.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Despite the internet shutdown, footage of many horrifying scenes began to emerge, including images of a makeshift morgue set up outside the Legal Medicine Organization (a state forensic institute) in Kahrizak, near Tehran, after the facility’s morgue overflowed with bodies.
    Hamid Kashani, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
  • First, popovers larger than life that overflowed the bread plate.
    Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Teemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teemed. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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