teeming
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US palaeontologist Stephen Godfrey compared the "truly unique discovery" to past major underwater finds, such as when scientists first identified hydrothermal vents teeming with life on the ocean floor in 1977.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
We significantly reduced our marketing team, which, like in most companies, was teeming with measurers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Orellana-Peralta was a bystander in the store, which was teeming with shoppers buying last-minute Christmas gifts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
At every level, it’s the same performance: Poor me, I’m the victim, everybody hates me, but I am still teeming with courage.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
On the undersides of his eyelids he sees the interlaced ironwork of Zollverein, the fire-breathing mills, men teeming out of elevator shafts like ants, the mouth of Pit Nine, where his father was lost.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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