fester
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And in the absence of concrete details about the case, their suspicions are left to fester.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
It’s better to get a baseline as to where your balance stands — and strengthen it, as needed — than let an unknown problem fester and progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Given your reaction, I don’t believe it’s a good idea to let this fester.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
But it doesn’t get better if we just leave the bubble to fester.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
But the more he struggled, the fester the roots grew.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Farmers and herders clash over land in the centre of the country while a simmering separatist movement festers in the southeast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
By your early 70s, the anxiety festers and grows.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
They allow listeners to call or text questions on WhatsApp, a social media platform especially popular with immigrant communities but where much of the misinformation they see festers.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
Given the heavy rainfall and nonporous soil, the waste festers, exposing residents to health risks.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
Below us Toronto festers in the evening heat, the trees spreading like worn moss, the lake zinc in the distance.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
The “ignominy” of missing action, we are told, remained a “badge of shame” that festered for the rest of his life, “driving him to seek reckless vindication” in confrontations with other men of his class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
No amount of martyrdom can save his legacy from succumbing to the rot he festered.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
But the chaos Yoon unleashed that night has festered.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025
“We’ve been grinding hard, but it’s just a disappointing factor that others waited too long to do something about it, you know? That’s why it’s festered into this,” Hernandez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2024
However few people can successfully demonstrate a principle in common ethics when their deliberation is festered with emotionalism.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
As earnings season gets under way, festering worries about artificial-intelligence stocks could be put to bed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
But with little progress on the issues festering and so much riding on their relationship, any reprieve could be temporary—and the space for surprises large.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
This has been a festering issue not only for the industry but also for consumers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
At a recent meeting of Save Our Domes, a local environmental group, a member described the proposed mines as “equivalent to a huge festering boil on the face of a family member.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
But it was darker here, with the trees thick overhead, and festering with dampness and an odor of ill health.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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