seethe
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As Mira and Edgar tentatively approach discussion of the breach in the family, it’s primarily Beckett who begins to seethe with anger at what happened—and what didn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
U.S. consumers over the border will seethe with envy.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
People are right to seethe over the stranglehold film and TV franchises have on the industry.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
Fans were overjoyed to seethe five Spice Girls back together for the first time in years, with many commenting on Beckham's post.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
The trees seethe and the house smolders, and standing in the gravel of the driveway, the daylight nearly finished, the locksmith has an unsettling thought: Someone might be coming for us.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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His father Carlos seethes at their current ordeal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
Flirting between gears near its 8,600-rpm redline, the Z06 roars and seethes like a blast furnace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
A difficult co-worker, she’s not only in everybody’s private business but she seethes with resentment when her customers defect to her colleagues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
One, 3800-meter-high Mount Erebus, seethes menacingly just 40 kilometers from McMurdo Station, Antarctica’s biggest research base.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
“Didn’t you hear what Zik said the other day? Eastern Nigeria seethes, seethes, and will continue to seethe until the federal government addresses the massacres,” Professor Ezeka said, his hoarse voice quickly fading.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Some Google employees who had spent years working on the technology seethed at being lapped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
"It's a Manchester derby," seethed former United captain Gary Neville on Sky Sports after the dull goalless draw at Old Trafford.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
You could see his lips pursed as he seethed recalling the question from the special prosecutor.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
Landlords seethed that the moratorium unfairly allowed tenants to skip rent without immediate consequences and left property owners financially vulnerable as many of their bills were still due.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
The black fly, up on the corner of the ceiling, seethed with resentment and irritation.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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Grand Detour, Ill.: John Deere’s “self-polishing” steel blade allowed settlers to slice through the sticky Midwest sod, unlocking the agricultural potential of the American heartland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
For this enormous game, new grass was specially sourced from a nearby sod farm.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Mr Williams said: "I'm just a stubborn old sod and I'm not going to give in. I would appreciate it if anybody said to me 'you were right and we were wrong'."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025
USC’s new baseball stadium isn’t slated to open to the public until early 2026, but the Trojans began practicing here on the field in February, as soon as the sod had set.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
Slowly, carefully, she rolled up wide strips of sod, exposing the dark, wormy soil.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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A million tons of sodden dirt avalanched down onto Riverside Drive from Elysian Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Then, as the pace slowed in the men's 10,000m, three sodden runners came together.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
And if you aren’t moved by it, there is something wrong and you must investigate your sodden heart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
When it flooded most recently, she was left to stay overnight in the sodden flat, as no alternative accommodation could be found.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
She took her sodden handkerchief out of her bag, and dried her eyes; and dried her eyes again, looking down the avenue.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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It is difficult, though, to recall him being as seething as he was on Tuesday night.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But the incident somehow made the moody, tortured, and quietly seething Zidane more believed in France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Meanwhile, Salieri’s invisible seething paralyzes him, turning into the punishment he believes God inflicted on him.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
It’s a truly stunning expression of his rage and betrayal — a seething accusation — told entirely through bodies and gesture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
But it was there, always seething in him, keeping him warm against the world’s coldness.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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