fester
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But it doesn’t get better if we just leave the bubble to fester.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
She says she does her best to tell him that the system is cruel and wrong, but she doesn’t want the anger to fester.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Listen to your instincts, says human-resources consultant Paul Wolfe, because workplace issues tend to fester.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
"I think for everybody there was an element of it was going to happen because antisemitism has been allowed to grow and fester and become normalised," Finlay said.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
By your early 70s, the anxiety festers and grows.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
With no immediate help from officers, the fear and anxiety festers inside you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
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
Now everything resonates, sticks like a splinter, festers.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
The “ignominy” of missing action, we are told, remained a “badge of shame” that festered for the rest of his life, “driving him to seek reckless vindication” in confrontations with other men of his class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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
No amount of martyrdom can save his legacy from succumbing to the rot he festered.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
McCartney said confusion over the break-up had festered because the band's new manager Allen Klein - with whom he refused to align - said he had needed time to tie up some financial loose ends.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
Wounds festered and got infected at lightning speed in the damp heat.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
As earnings season gets under way, festering worries about artificial-intelligence stocks could be put to bed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
This lends an intriguing additional layer to Iago’s festering, consuming hatred: Even his own wife is a potential rival, in addition to, he believes, having slept with Othello.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
Such incidents have resurfaced the Indonesian public’s festering distrust of the police force, said Jacqui Baker, a scholar of Indonesian security and policing at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
People who hadn’t noticed me before were suddenly glaring at me like I was covered with festering sores.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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