1
as in to swirl
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha

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as in to rage
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence

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Recent Examples of seethe But over the past decade, Kid Rock’s politics have hardened to resemble that specific strain of Donald Trump followers who trade in hateful speech, seething anger and unflinching support of the current president. Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2025 But meanwhile, consumers will keep seething over the price of eggs, which were up 15% last month, and gas and housing lately. Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025 Cox and his team were brought in by a handful of wealthy Colorado ranch owners who were still seething over the ballot measure to introduce wolves that passed in 2020 by less than one percent. Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 The Warriors absorbed the initial surge but trailed 32-18 early in the third quarter, and Garcia-Evans was still seething about the early confrontation. Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seethe
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  • Rumors of a romance first swirled after the duo were photographed in November 2024 at a Halloween party, that .Paak captured on Instagram.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Fed last week left interest rates unchanged, an acknowledgement of the uncertainty swirling around the economy.
    Lucia Mutikani, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
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  • Similar conversations have raged around the country for years, particularly over whether Confederate monuments should be removed from public spaces.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Unfortunately but unsurprisingly, a subset of online losers have raged about Doctor Who’s inclusivity.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 18 Apr. 2025
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  • But markets have churned since Trump escalated trade tensions last week, sowing uncertainty across the world’s largest economy.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Necessity has transformed this country into a nation of drone-makers, who churn them out from factory assembly lines and mom-and-pop operations like the one in the basement apartment in Kyiv.
    Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
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  • Choose options that are baked, grilled, steamed, or roasted.
    Lindsey DeSoto, RD, LD, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Dumplings and Kebabs: Chicken Momo: steamed chicken dumplings with spicy chili sauce topped with onions and peppers.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2025
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  • It is served baked, fried, grilled, roasted, slow-cooked, or boiled either alone, with seasonings, or as soups, stews, chilis, casseroles, and tacos.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Another significant challenger to Donalds could be Florida first lady Casey DeSantis, who has not declared a campaign but has left speculation to boil.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2025
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  • The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.
    Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023
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  • Nationally, protests over Israel and Gaza were roiling campuses.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The new figures come amid President Donald Trump's trade wars that have roiled global markets and fueled anxiety over possible job losses and inflation.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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  • Such is the case with this 15-minute fictionalized short inspired by the traumatic aftermath of a real event — when a group of Proud Boys in 2022 stormed a Drag Queen Story Hour program at the East Bay’s San Lorenzo Library and proceeded to hurl gay and transphobic slurs there.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Soon after Noboa took office in 2023, the country suffered back-to-back emergencies: a notorious gang leader escaped from prison; days later, a band of gunmen stormed a major TV station and took the staff hostage.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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