teems

Definition of teemsnext
present tense third-person singular of teem
as in bursts
to be copiously supplied the area teems with entrepreneurs hoping to hit upon the next big thing

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Verb
  • Once a cushioned conduit to the other side, the casket now bursts with the wisdom of a life lived outside the box.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Later, as the film plays, the crowd bursts intermittently into laughter, cracking up at the clown-car quality of everyone piling into the van for the first time.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lean too hard, exceed a set speed threshold, or approach a hazard, and the seat buzzes to alert you.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Moments later, her phone buzzes with an alert.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Amid these troubled times, dotted by funding cuts, hope abounds with last week’s launch of the Australian Championship, a second-tier competition that aims to connect the top and bottom of the country’s football pyramid.
    Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Depth abounds in the backcourt.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The lights are low and the room hums with stillness.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, OneCoin still hums along and continues to attract investors.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a brain aneurysm is a weakened area in an artery that bulges outward and fills with blood.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When time stops one hot summer day and the road out vanishes, not everyone is displeased with the changes, even when the sparse little woods turn into an impassable forest and the river brims with strange, seductive voices.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Overall, researchers discovered a rich world in one of the most remote regions in the world — one that brims with artistic and architectural integrity.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Teems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teems. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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