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teeming

[tee-ming] / ˈti mɪŋ /


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The teeming secondary material produced about his work always emphasizes the dislocations of his biography.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Sir David was close to home again for this series, which lifted the lid on the teeming activity that can make UK gardens just as fascinating as wilder and more exotic places.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Megan Brief, a digital marketing coordinator for Natural Habitat Adventures, an ecotourism company, had just returned from Svalbard, a far-flung Norwegian archipelago teeming with polar bears and walruses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 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

While Washington worried, the city’s taverns, beer gardens, and coffeehouses—all 176 of them—were teeming with activity that Saturday.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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