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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2
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 His seething rage and resentment instantly melt into a triumphant tenderness. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025 Amid disparate motives and seething grudges, mission creep set in and the coup evolved into an assassination. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025 Farke was seething with the careless waste of an opportunity to build a more patient Leeds attack. Beren Cross, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 Right now, Los Angeles seethes with the collective trauma of a metro area of millions buffeted about by hurricane-force winds that began last week. Mel Buer, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seethe
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Verb
  • Rumors have swirled for years that the Broccolis have clashed with Amazon over the direction of Bond.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Questions have been swirling on campuses in recent days: Will colleges have to cancel special graduation ceremonies for marginalized groups?
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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  • Storms raged at last year’s festival, dampening the fun.
    Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The SpaceX billionaire also raged against U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer, who issued a ruling last week blocking DOGE from getting into the Treasury's payment system, which contains sensitive information about American taxpayers' identities, including bank account and Social Security numbers.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • On a recent day, the printing company contracted to produce the cards was churning them out by the hundreds of thousands.
    Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Weather led to a scrub of the Aug. 3 attempt, but SpaceX was able to launch despite Tropical Storm Debby churning off Florida’s southwest coast.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2025
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  • For fans who can’t get enough of Reacher, Prime Video is also steaming Tom Cruise’s Jack Reacher movies.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Before leaving, the installation team steamed out every wrinkle in her new shades.
    Maria Yagoda, Curbed, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Save water from boiling foods to make soups, cook rice, and prepare other foods.
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Add pasta sauce and broth; boil until tender: Add pasta sauce to skillet.
    Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • 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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  • Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Still young but generous with roiling acidity that supports meaty flavors that include macarons, Dutch licorice, cherry tart and rum raisin.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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  • Midway through the track, the Iron Maiden vocalist stormed the stage, mic in hand, to sing the song’s iconic chorus alongside Anselmo.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2025
  • After Russian tanks stormed the border and missiles rained down on much of Ukraine in what Russian Pres.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025

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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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