fester
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A lengthy work-from-home period allowed conflicts to fester.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
That's why it needs sorting out now because it's such a bad look if it's allowed to fester.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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
It's fascinating to see the incident morph and fester.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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
With no immediate help from officers, the fear and anxiety festers inside you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
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
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
But an uneasy tension festered behind the fanfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Peace proposals and presidents have come and gone but the problems have festered.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 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
Wilson’s lead is a working-class Black man, a former Negro league superstar whose dreams festered when baseball’s color barrier prevented him from rising into the big leagues.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
Instead the wound had festered, until Victarion began to wonder whether Serry’s blade had been poisoned.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
As earnings season gets under way, festering worries about artificial-intelligence stocks could be put to bed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
This lends an intriguing additional layer to Iago’s festering, consuming hatred: Even his own wife is a potential rival, in addition to, he believes, having slept with Othello.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
The insanity of investing in a new playground when a dozen festering issues make the park unsafe should be crystal clear to one and all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
The others made space for the stench of his festering teeth.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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