festered

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But an uneasy tension festered behind the fanfare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

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

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

The crackdown on “temp tags” comes in response to a problem that officials say has festered for years but exploded during the Covid-19 pandemic, alongside other chaos on American roads.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Instead the wound had festered, until Victarion began to wonder whether Serry’s blade had been poisoned.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin