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froth

[frawth, froth] / frɔθ, frɒθ /


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Instead, Mahan’s candidacy was more like Pets.com, a famous e-commerce flop that came to embody the heedless froth of the dot.com bubble.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Chief among them was the huge speculative froth that had developed in the earlier part of the year when gold recorded an intraday peak of $5,626 near the end of January.

From MarketWatch Apr. 2, 2026

Overall, however, with gold down a fifth from its Jan. 28 peak, much of the deleveraging taken place and the speculative froth eliminated from positioning, Bruce is comfortable with his sizable weighting in gold.

From MarketWatch Mar. 27, 2026

Two Fitzmaurice women—Ben’s wife, Serena, and his sister, Fliss—are the chief victims, and the depiction of their inner lives adds substance to the book’s satirical froth.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

There was froth at the tops of the bottles, and Lil could hardly keep from giggling when she took her first sip.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

It also froths milk and makes cold foam, which opens up even more possibilities for a build-your-own drink bar.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

You put chocolate powder in milk, and it froths.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2025

In the video, a column of light gray smoke froths and bubbles into a bright blue sky — the initial fire in the port’s Hangar 12, where the ammonium nitrate was stored.

From New York Times Oct. 28, 2021

The Launch Out moves forward at two knots and the water froths like beer around its rusted hull.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2017

Hum′mer, something that hums.—Hum and haw, to hesitate in giving a direct answer; Humming ale, ale that froths up well, or that makes the head hum; Make things hum, to set things agoing briskly.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Magenta explosions of bougainvillea frothed over the kitchen’s gates and the cinder-block walls of the vacant lot next door.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2023

The host held out a glass; behind him flashed a grey pic of the Bronx estuary, waves frothed with yellow foam.

From Slate Sep. 24, 2022

This is where things get a little bit tricky: To make a latte, frothed milk is poured evenly into the cup, creating milky coffee with a thin layer of foam on top.

From Salon Apr. 7, 2022

During a fourth-grade sleepover, I awoke in the night frothed over by Barbasol.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2022

The dog frothed at the mouth, lying at the door, sniffing, its eyes turned to fire.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

The partial climbdown is not likely to result in an enormous bust-up – one of Angela Rayner's steadfast allies who pioneered the wider plans said they were a "little concerned" rather than frothing with rage.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2025

What that means is we failed a lot in order to perfect it, to make the Barista the highest quality it can be, especially when it comes to frothing qualities for making lattes and cappuccinos.

From Salon Dec. 15, 2024

During their two-night run at the Fonda, the dance floor was filled with young fans whom Taylor happily describes as “young frothers, just frothing about life, like rabid frothing,” she says with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2024

Suddenly, at the beach, there was life everywhere: fish frothing in the surf, fish flooding inlets.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2024

He crossed with waves at his waist, yanked about by frothing surf, holding the blankets over his head.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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