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[seeth] / sið /


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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

But when it was time to deliver, it was cast member Kenan Thompson whose name was announced, allowing Chalamet to seethe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2025

A moment later the gates began to stir, creaking, dripping, and slowly, slowly opening against the current, making the water seethe and churn.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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

My artwork seethes with secret messages for him.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Some Google employees who had spent years working on the technology seethed at being lapped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

The final act was recriminatory, as Byrne commanded an ever greater share of the spotlight while the other members quietly seethed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

"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

The fire retardant hadn’t hit that spot, and something there seethed and burned.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

It’s sold as a sod available to landscape professionals and homeowners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

I put my weight onto the handles to keep the plowshare embedded in the sod.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

A million tons of sodden dirt avalanched down onto Riverside Drive from Elysian Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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

On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025

More than 140 flood warnings remain in place across England, Wales and Scotland as the after-effects of Storm Bert are still being felt, with more rain expected to fall today on sodden ground.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024

I pictured them all down there in the bay, and the little dark hull of the boat rising slowly to the surface, sodden, dripping, the grass-green seaweed and the shells clinging to her sides.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Six months ago, my wildest dreams consisted entirely of paying off my credit card debt and eating beef once in a while; I am very familiar with the seething rage such articles provoke.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

And it didn’t boil with the grief and seething rage of a scorned woman the way that Beyonce’s 2024 cover did.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Just below the surface, however, the soccer world was seething with discontent.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Belgium is seething, ready to announce the chocolate, frites and cyclocross sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The seething hiss of it washing over the beach and drawing away again.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy


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