teemed

verb

Definition of teemednext
past tense of teem
as in buzzed
to be copiously supplied the area teems with entrepreneurs hoping to hit upon the next big thing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teemed
  1. burst
  2. abounded
  3. hummed
  4. overflowed
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  • Also overnight Tuesday, Ukrainian forces struck an oil-loading pipeline which burst alight near the city of Bryansk, 60 miles north of the Ukrainian border, according to Ukraine's General Staff.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Or Shamar Joseph bursting through Australia in Brisbane.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of burst
Verb
  • Ten years later, stories still abounded.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Questions about the legality of these cash payments abounded on Saturday night, as election law experts pointed to various provisions in federal law that prohibited making cash payments to voters.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of abounded
Verb
  • While the offense hummed for most of the game, the defense struggled to neutralize Allen.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Thick swarms of black flies hummed and knocked against the windows of an idling car, while crows and vultures waited nearby — eyeballing the taut and bloated carcasses roasting in the October heat.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of hummed
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  • User forums from this period overflowed with accounts of heartbreak, betrayal, accusations of gaslighting, and anguish.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
  • For more than a week, trash cans overflowed.
    Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of overflowed
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