festering
Example Sentences
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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
Behind Altman’s “code red” declaration, however, are tensions between camps inside the company that have been festering for years, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
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
People who hadn’t noticed me before were suddenly glaring at me like I was covered with festering sores.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
