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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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One that occurred concurrently with a seething social justice uprising in the Watts neighborhood of LA, and clashed with a cheerily optimistic vision of our capitalist future in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, just a jump over the Unisphere from Shea.
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Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
The Supreme Court has reportedly yet to discuss whether to uphold that order, but Musk is certainly seething.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024
But a new landscape is in the making, shaped by unprecedented Arab dealings with Israel, seething Palestinian frustration, and a drift to the right in Israel, all of which could eventually bring a new dynamic to the seemingly frozen situation.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
Russia is seething about the incursion which has seen the first foreign army on Russia soil since World War II.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
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Rumors have been swirling in recent weeks about the future of Bucks superstar and former MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.Rahat Huq, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Tuesday’s win, however, comes as questions continue to swirl about his future in House GOP leadership.Mike Lillis, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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The show ends in 1350, around the time that the Black Death was raging through Siena.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Maia Sandu, the pro-Western president, is seeking reelection after guiding Moldova closer to the European Union than ever before while Russia’s war in Ukraine raged near its eastern border.Christian Edwards, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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At the time, the system was churning some 300 miles off the coast of Washington and pushing destructive winds over northern California, Oregon and Washington, according to the advisory.CBS News, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Hurricane Rafael churned in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, moving away from Cuba after pummeling the country with flooding rain and knocking out its vulnerable electrical grid.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
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Softened butter can ooze and melt away in the oven before steaming, which is what really creates those pockets of air that lead to flaky pastry.Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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Crossroads Village steams along during holidays Genesee County Parks in Flint offers its own magical experience, Christmas at Crossroads, which lets riders enjoy an evening trip on the 1800s Huckleberry Railroad and by streets filled with decorations celebrating Christmas past.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2024
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Her bagels, 14,000 per day, boil in the kettles before being transferred to the ovens to bake.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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The problems with the water system persisted, with residents being asked to boil their water for safety amid reports of brown water, leaking sewage and low water pressure.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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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
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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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The northern lights may be visible as far south as New York and Idaho in the coming days thanks to a geomagnetic storm roiling over Earth.Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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The results have roiled Romanian politics just a week before a parliamentary election that will set the shape of the next government.Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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As Horowitz has argued, Ives is really an American counterpart to Mahler, who stormed toward the future while mourning the past.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The measures come nearly four years after former President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the 2020 election results led a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in a violent bid to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's victory.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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