fester
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We start talking about relationships and unhealthy withdrawal and letting things fester to the point that when the emotions come out, it feels abrupt and the other person has no idea what’s going on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Given your reaction, I don’t believe it’s a good idea to let this fester.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
But it doesn’t get better if we just leave the bubble to fester.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Despite this, he's facing a dwindling number of volunteers and donors - a symptom, as he puts it, of a town "left to fester" in economic strife.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
In the Sahara they’ll fester and rot and fall out of your head.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Farmers and herders clash over land in the centre of the country while a simmering separatist movement festers in the southeast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
By your early 70s, the anxiety festers and grows.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
They allow listeners to call or text questions on WhatsApp, a social media platform especially popular with immigrant communities but where much of the misinformation they see festers.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
Journalists who joined the patrol also witnessed what life has been like for the Philippine Coast Guard as the South China Sea dispute festers.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2023
Now everything resonates, sticks like a splinter, festers.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
But an uneasy tension festered behind the fanfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
But this issue has festered for years, and rather than point fingers, the district or the city, or both, need to do their jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Peace proposals and presidents have come and gone but the problems have festered.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Wilson’s lead is a working-class Black man, a former Negro league superstar whose dreams festered when baseball’s color barrier prevented him from rising into the big leagues.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
His arms, poisoned by the sap, had festered and were seeping, swollen, and hot.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
As earnings season gets under way, festering worries about artificial-intelligence stocks could be put to bed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Mountains of festering trash blight the streets of the capital, as dump trucks don’t have fuel to pick up the waste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
But with little progress on the issues festering and so much riding on their relationship, any reprieve could be temporary—and the space for surprises large.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Hedda wears bullet-like strands of pearls that choke her neck and a jade-colored gown that seems to molder into a festering, jealous shade of green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
But if you weren’t, you might look in the mirror and think, I did not know that mole was so enormous or Why is my face festering?
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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