festering
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One had a festering cut on his shin that he said he got from a fall on the rocks near the beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
Such incidents have resurfaced the Indonesian public’s festering distrust of the police force, said Jacqui Baker, a scholar of Indonesian security and policing at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
These things—the sickly sweet baby shit smell of the festering diapers, the bowl of oranges and the gold tree—blend in my mind into an image of ultrasophistication.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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