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as in sweat
a state of nervous or irritated concern
he worked himself into a lather waiting for the results of the test
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
the farmer lathered the recalcitrant mule
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Recent Examples of lather
Cody Godwin, USA Today, 10 May 2025
After rinsing, apply the accompanying gel cleanser onto damp skin and massage into a gentle lather.
—Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
Behind him, guitarist Mike Bruce, drummer Neal Smith, and bassist Dennis Dunaway, all founding members of the classic Seventies band, lather on the vintage rock sleaze.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Wet your dog with lukewarm water and then begin shampooing, working it into a lather.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 10 May 2025
After rinsing, apply the accompanying gel cleanser onto damp skin and massage into a gentle lather.
—Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Verb
But a new survey found that nearly half of Americans still don’t know how and when to lather, scrub and rinse.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
Behind him, guitarist Mike Bruce, drummer Neal Smith, and bassist Dennis Dunaway, all founding members of the classic Seventies band, lather on the vintage rock sleaze.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lather
Noun
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Additional food items to celebrate her big day also included a cappuccino with a 2025 graduation cap design incorporated into the foam.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Most people would’ve just done the water with white foam or grayish blue foam.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Sitting on a towel while in the sauna can also help prevent discoloration caused by body sweat and body oils.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 May 2025
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Chronology is messy, structurally and visually and viscerally, playing with time and space and memory and oozing with bodily fluids — tears, spit, sweat, come, pee, blood, vomit.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
17 May 2025
Verb
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But Fahy, Alcock, and director Nicole Kassell are also very good at their jobs, and so even downright bizarre moments like Simone chewing Michaela’s used gum or Devon randomly licking a landscaper’s neck wind up making a strange sort of sense.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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Jose shrugs, pleads with her to not lick anyone at the inn, and leaves.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2025
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The chute opens, and rambunctious No. 2 bursts out with an impatient huff.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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Volunteers were charged around 25 cents per huff, bringing in good profit for those who’d invested in the necessary gas tanks, tubes, and breathing bags.—
Oshan Jarow,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Verb
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In a second Memorial Day social media post, Trump focused largely on lashing out at federal judges and perceived political opponents.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
26 May 2025
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President Donald Trump lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin for continuing to attack Ukraine while talks are ongoing between the two countries to find an end to the ongoing conflict.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Entrepreneurs need to quickly adapt to surf through disruptions and reorient their companies to new opportunities.—
Maya Joelson,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Blasts of wind, rolling surf, fissuring earth: these elemental threats appear and disappear like signs from the heavens, harbingers of the end times.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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The clip shows the dog making a bee line for his favorite worker and receiving plenty of fuss.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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At the same time, there is an unshakable sense that successive British Foreign Secretaries and Prime Ministers have been scared to kick up a fuss.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
Verb
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This small kitchen appliance has a variable speed trigger switch to make blending, pureeing, frothing, whipping and chopping as easy as pressing a button.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2025
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The Clippers were playing in Houston and the Clippers were whipping the Rockets’ ass.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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“Lather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lather. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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