as in boiling
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam
I gently simmered the chili for an hour
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Recent Examples of simmering
What emerged was a picture of active resistance, simmering anger and readiness for battle, if and when the time comes.
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Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
Continue simmering for about three minutes.
—Michiko Tomioka, Contributor, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
With Butler offering his Thursday postgame comments shortly after coach Erik Spoelstra downplayed, and even dismissed, Heat concerns about simmering tensions and unease, there has yet to be a team response to Butler’s distress.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
To really bring it over the top, Ina calls for simmering a small mixture of butter and flour just before plating.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025
But there was something else simmering under the surface of a lot of my top album roster this year, something often considered lacking from pop — questions of authenticity.
—Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
The show’s deft handling of the not-so-rosy side of the teenage experience has never been more evident than in season three, which puts a spotlight on Charlie’s long-simmering eating disorder and mental-health issues.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
That image of Ferguson as mechanic Juliette, partially submerged underwater, has loomed large over this new season like an omen of what has been simmering just below the surface.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
At least nine people were reported killed in Yemen and 16 were injured in Israel in attacks and counterattacks over the last week or so as the two sides ramped up their long-simmering conflict.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
Continue simmering for about three minutes.
—Michiko Tomioka, Contributor, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2025
With Butler offering his Thursday postgame comments shortly after coach Erik Spoelstra downplayed, and even dismissed, Heat concerns about simmering tensions and unease, there has yet to be a team response to Butler’s distress.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
To really bring it over the top, Ina calls for simmering a small mixture of butter and flour just before plating.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025
But there was something else simmering under the surface of a lot of my top album roster this year, something often considered lacking from pop — questions of authenticity.
—Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
The show’s deft handling of the not-so-rosy side of the teenage experience has never been more evident than in season three, which puts a spotlight on Charlie’s long-simmering eating disorder and mental-health issues.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
That image of Ferguson as mechanic Juliette, partially submerged underwater, has loomed large over this new season like an omen of what has been simmering just below the surface.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
At least nine people were reported killed in Yemen and 16 were injured in Israel in attacks and counterattacks over the last week or so as the two sides ramped up their long-simmering conflict.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Simmering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simmering. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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