festered

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But an uneasy tension festered behind the fanfare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

For years, he lived underground or festered in jail.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Resentment festered in the meantime, as Bush and his peers questioned why the school hadn’t fought harder to defend him.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

The crackdown on “temp tags” comes in response to a problem that officials say has festered for years but exploded during the Covid-19 pandemic, alongside other chaos on American roads.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

The beaches are clean where once they festered with fish guts and flies.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck