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Verb
While Kim guided the Theresa through a welter of charterboats trolling the shoreline for blues and stripers, the brothers sat on the flying bridge, joking and trading stories and scanning the flat empty sea for the black dorsal fin of basking swordfish. Pat Smith, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025 By analyzing the positions of ten Southeast Asian countries on a welter of issues relating to China and the United States, one thing becomes evident: over the past 30 years, many of these countries have gradually but discernibly shifted away from the United States and toward China. Yuen Foong Khong, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025 Sharpened in purpose by his criminal prosecutions and near death at the hands of a would-be assassin, Trump 47 would not be lost in a welter of self-defeating distractions the way Trump 45 had been. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 25 Apr. 2025 Frank Taylor, the longtime San Jose redevelopment director who died this month at 87, lived and reigned through a welter of contradictions. Scott Herhold, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for welter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welter
Noun
  • But add to the equation local merchants and eateries and the vibes abounded, which is not to say the cause got lost in the commotion.
    Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
  • All the commotion around them was stifling.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.
    Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
  • Baker also leads the orchestra, which sounds grand — although the sound in the arts center’s Pugh Theater often left musicians, lead singers and chorus all at the same level, with actors speaking over all of it at the same time to create a sonic jumble.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While not all of the federal government’s tariff revenue is at risk, losing a huge chunk would still create havoc on the deficit and bond market.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Steve gently coaxes him back to school, where the film crew is causing havoc.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of wallowing in her misery, the movie accompanies her, like best friend Christina (Denise Gough), who checks in regularly with unconditional support.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Its purpose is not to wallow in historical sorrow, but to illuminate how a people’s spirit was forged in the fire of injustice.
    Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jung and Pauli’s hyper-intellectualization of everyday phenomena leaves out a fundamental component of the synchronicity—a deep emotional disturbance.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The disturbance has no chance of forming over the next 48 hours and a low 30% chance of forming over the next seven days, the hurricane center said.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bettencourt performed with Osbourne at the show, and his band Extreme honored him with a medley of his hits at a concert in Zürich last month.
    Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Busta Rhymes also took the stage for a medley of his songs before he was honored with the Rock the Bells Visionary Award.
    Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Bovino relies on Border Patrol SWAT-style teams to avoid the chaos that erupted during an hourslong standoff at a Home Depot in Paramount on June 7.
    Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This project became both an ethnographic and photographic study of how women inhabit, resist, and reimagine their roles in a context denned by deep contradictions – beauty and chaos, devotion and repression, tradition and transformation.
    Vogue, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Young Hamnet’s shuffling off this mortal coil once laid the groundwork for a masterpiece.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Shelters that shuffle people in and out overnight don’t solve anything.
    Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Welter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welter. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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