as in to rot
to go through decomposition
a week after the battle the corpses of the fallen were still festering in the fields
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Recent Examples of fester
Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 15 July 2024
The rural backdrop offered a place for bigotry to fester and for Pearl to feel suffocated by her own religious upbringing, despite dreams of becoming a starlet.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 July 2024
Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
This festering political feuding continued as the U.S. headed toward another election and the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
—Elizabeth M. Reese / Made By History, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
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Noun
With less than four months until Election Day, the leading social media platforms appear resigned to let the status quo fester.
—Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 15 July 2024
The rural backdrop offered a place for bigotry to fester and for Pearl to feel suffocated by her own religious upbringing, despite dreams of becoming a starlet.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 July 2024
Verb
Tomatoes festered on every street corner and stuck to the soles of my flip-flops.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
This festering political feuding continued as the U.S. headed toward another election and the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
—Elizabeth M. Reese / Made By History, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fester
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However, each year, about 20% of those infected with genital herpes – an unlucky 200 million people – have at least one outbreak where the virus causes painful genital sores and blisters.Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, wearing gel inserts or cushions can reduce pressure on the balls of your feet, while breaking in your shoes ahead of time is key to avoiding painful blisters.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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The former Atlantic Club, a block-long casino and its 23-floor hotel towers have been left to rot.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Children and teens are most at risk because developing brain rot from excessive screen time at an early age while the brain is still developing can lead to a lifetime of poorer cognitive and behavioral health, Manwell says.Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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And in our little Yellowstone world, that helped ramp the show up into a boil.Julia Moore, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Mix in 30-second cooking videos that proliferate across social media, and the trend has come to a roiling boil.Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
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Once discarded, 66 percent of these textiles are sent to landfills to decompose (some quickly, others over hundreds of years).Andre Claudio, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
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She had been buried there for quite some time, Hardee says, adding that her remains had been decomposed when they were found.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Folliculitis can, in turn, lead to red pimples and pustules—sort of like scalp acne.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
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Larger pimples that contain pus are called pustules.Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
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The relationship with William and Kate had already disintegrated, as well as with a number of the staff at Kensington Palace, and tensions with media had been in overdrive.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Patrick Wisdom hit 76 homers as the starter most of the time the previous three years, but in 2024 all but disintegrated at the plate.Chuck Murr, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Some pimple patches are a standard circle shape, but these come in a cute star for a more fun look.Katrina Cossey, Parents, 11 Dec. 2024
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Pesky pimples, fine lines exacerbated by dehydration, and redness are difficult to camouflage — but there’s a secret weapon solution that’s quietly winning over makeup artists and industry insiders: Lancôme’s Dual Finish Powder Foundation.Katie McBroom, WWD, 4 Dec. 2024
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What doesn’t decay this winter can be mulched up next spring.Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2022
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In particular, many theorists have wondered how the great complexity of life can be reconciled with the laws of thermodynamics that suggest that all systems must inevitably decay to a state of greatest disorder.The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
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“Fester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fester. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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