fester
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Given your reaction, I don’t believe it’s a good idea to let this fester.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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 San Fernando Valley case, Internal Affairs investigators reported turning up an “overwhelming pattern of intentional policy violations” by the officers involved, and said poor management allowed a “rampant culture of misconduct” to fester.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Sweeping contentious issues under the rug and relegating them to wanton aggravation is one major way of letting these same topics fester.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
He felt a deep love for the runaway boy, like a wound, and yet felt at the same time that this wound was not intended to fester in him, but that it should heal.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
By your early 70s, the anxiety festers and grows.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
Given the heavy rainfall and nonporous soil, the waste festers, exposing residents to health risks.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
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
“A reservoir of resentment grows and festers and it shatters the trust and confidence that members of the community have in law enforcement,” Armour said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
Below us Toronto festers in the evening heat, the trees spreading like worn moss, the lake zinc in the distance.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
The current generation of players have decided now is the time to act on a disagreement that has festered for much of the past two decades.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
But an uneasy tension festered behind the fanfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
No amount of martyrdom can save his legacy from succumbing to the rot he festered.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
Resentment festered in the meantime, as Bush and his peers questioned why the school hadn’t fought harder to defend him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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
This has been a festering issue not only for the industry but also for consumers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
I felt like something ill was festering in my stomach, and my head felt like a piñata stuffed with cotton balls.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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