seethe
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As Mira and Edgar tentatively approach discussion of the breach in the family, it’s primarily Beckett who begins to seethe with anger at what happened—and what didn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
U.S. consumers over the border will seethe with envy.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
People are right to seethe over the stranglehold film and TV franchises have on the industry.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
Fans were overjoyed to seethe five Spice Girls back together for the first time in years, with many commenting on Beckham's post.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
Uncertainty makes the universe seethe with infinite energy.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Sal quietly seethes with irritation at Sonny’s misbegotten machinations, his chilly demeanor suggesting a tense and potentially dangerous volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
His father Carlos seethes at their current ordeal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
Envy seethes behind those opaque shades and a mask-like smirk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
One, 3800-meter-high Mount Erebus, seethes menacingly just 40 kilometers from McMurdo Station, Antarctica’s biggest research base.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
The heart of a nuclear reactor seethes with deadly radioactivity.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Some Google employees who had spent years working on the technology seethed at being lapped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
"It's a Manchester derby," seethed former United captain Gary Neville on Sky Sports after the dull goalless draw at Old Trafford.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
Esther Rolle, who died in 1998, seethed at the show’s increased emphasis on J.J. as "Good Times" found more mainstream success.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023
Landlords seethed that the moratorium unfairly allowed tenants to skip rent without immediate consequences and left property owners financially vulnerable as many of their bills were still due.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
Rage seethed in her heart as she glared down Fifth Avenue.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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The guitarist didn’t skip a beat: “That suits me, I’m a miserable sod most of the time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
For this enormous game, new grass was specially sourced from a nearby sod farm.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Mr Williams said: "I'm just a stubborn old sod and I'm not going to give in. I would appreciate it if anybody said to me 'you were right and we were wrong'."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025
USC’s new baseball stadium isn’t slated to open to the public until early 2026, but the Trojans began practicing here on the field in February, as soon as the sod had set.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
“I know about my head, Rachel. Why should I pay good money to find out it’s plain as sod and stubborn as a mule?”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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And if you aren’t moved by it, there is something wrong and you must investigate your sodden heart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
When it flooded most recently, she was left to stay overnight in the sodden flat, as no alternative accommodation could be found.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
I spent Monday hauling furniture to a dumpster and cutting up sodden rugs with a kitchen knife—it was all I had—so that they’d fit inside contractor bags.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
The wall was sodden and the messages streaked so that no word could be read.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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Belgium is seething, ready to announce the chocolate, frites and cyclocross sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, Salieri’s invisible seething paralyzes him, turning into the punishment he believes God inflicted on him.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
Prosecutor Nicholas de la Poer KC told the jury Coleman was "seething with hatred on the inside".
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Uche Okeke memorializes the Aba Women’s War of 1929, one of the first major anticolonial uprisings in Nigeria, with a throng of seething figures, their strength and determination reflected in vigorous brushstrokes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Hermione was still seething at the way Harry had triumphed without doing the work properly.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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