simmer
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Analysts expect the current cycle to simmer during Micron’s fiscal 2028, which ends in August 2028.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Sauté onions and garlic in olive oil, add ground chicken and cook until almost browned, then pour in tomato sauce and let everything simmer.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
The lentils simmer in stock — or broth, or water and bouillon — until soft and stewy, and then comes the ingredient that makes the entire recipe sing white American cheese.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Beneath the cocktails, boat trips and villa life, tensions simmer and emotions rise.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
There was, in him, such a simmer of emotions, like chemicals thrown together in an alembic: fear like a sulfur fog, bitterness as sharp as salt, and damned fickle mercury for failure and desperation.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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James finds the gas on in the kitchen, although Lou insists she turned it off, and tension simmers between them when James suggests that maybe she forgot because of her medication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The forecast for inflation was also raised, but the Fed still thinks prices will increase less than 3% in 2026, assuming the conflict with Iran simmers down.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
Garlic simmers in huge metal pots heated over open wood fires and set up in a long line.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
A cut from her upcoming EP, due in April, “The Betrayal” is a sultry baile funk song that simmers with righteous indignation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
There is high laughter that simmers down slowly.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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Oil prices rose as Middle East tensions simmered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
But the real addition was a can of chickpeas, aquafaba and all, simmered alongside the Arborio until the beans softened and thickened the pot into something deeply creamy and comforting.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Meaning: Do you want your dish smothered in sauce made from roasted green chiles, or a simmered counterpart fashioned from dried red chile pods?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
On an embroidered picnic laid out on the grass, a group of friends chatted over tea as food simmered gently on a gas stove.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
It simmered now in the huge iron kettle, beneath which the fire must be kept glowing all through the long hot day.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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Tensions have been simmering between the two neighbours since President Donald Trump returned to the White House just over 18 months ago, and unleashed a wide-ranging global programme of tariffs.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Leverkus' group is not officially recognised by BC's government, and what it is trying to achieve highlights simmering tensions in fire-prone regions between those who enforce evacuation orders and those who defy them.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Watching Banderas spend a day simmering his own handcrafted ketchup simply to store it in repurposed Heinz bottles says everything about the guy’s devotion to food and his indifference toward marketing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
China remains locked in a simmering trade feud with the EU, with which it recorded a trade surplus of $32.9 billion in June.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“I do have other things I could be doing,” he continued, something simmering beneath his words.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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