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[seeth] / sið /


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As Mira and Edgar tentatively approach discussion of the breach in the family, it’s primarily Beckett who begins to seethe with anger at what happened—and what didn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

U.S. consumers over the border will seethe with envy.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

People are right to seethe over the stranglehold film and TV franchises have on the industry.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025

Fans were overjoyed to seethe five Spice Girls back together for the first time in years, with many commenting on Beckham's post.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024

But it wasn’t in Kanue’s nature to seethe or hold grudges.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

His father Carlos seethes at their current ordeal.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

“That’s a handsome man right there!” exclaims the mother of the junior competitor, who seethes as the audience laughs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Chernin, more reserved in his manner, seethes with futile terror.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

One, 3800-meter-high Mount Erebus, seethes menacingly just 40 kilometers from McMurdo Station, Antarctica’s biggest research base.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024

“You don’t deserve to even utter her name,” Nansi seethes at Autumn.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Some Google employees who had spent years working on the technology seethed at being lapped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Back on the main stage, they redlined through “March of the Pigs” and seethed with fuzzbox rot on “Reptile.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

"It's a Manchester derby," seethed former United captain Gary Neville on Sky Sports after the dull goalless draw at Old Trafford.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025

“You lied about your son, you lied about your daughter, huh, you lied about them other kids that’s out there hoping that you come,” Lamar seethed.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

Suddenly the whole building seethed like a wasp nest.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

The guitarist didn’t skip a beat: “That suits me, I’m a miserable sod most of the time.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

For this enormous game, new grass was specially sourced from a nearby sod farm.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

Mr Williams said: "I'm just a stubborn old sod and I'm not going to give in. I would appreciate it if anybody said to me 'you were right and we were wrong'."

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025

Further down the street, another tree had been uprooted so forcefully that it also pulled up a big corner of sod from a lawn.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024

She had built a house of sod, like the summer homes of the old Eskimos.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

A million tons of sodden dirt avalanched down onto Riverside Drive from Elysian Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Then, as the pace slowed in the men's 10,000m, three sodden runners came together.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

And if you aren’t moved by it, there is something wrong and you must investigate your sodden heart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Scotland's campaign got off to a disappointing start in losing to Italy in sodden conditions in Rome.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

He pushed her onto the bank and, with great difficulty in his sodden clothes, struggled out himself.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Kenneth Lonergan shot this seething, richly authentic New York City drama in 2005, when the rawness of post-9/11 NYC was already a part of everyday life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

But the incident somehow made the moody, tortured, and quietly seething Zidane more believed in France.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, Salieri’s invisible seething paralyzes him, turning into the punishment he believes God inflicted on him.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

Prosecutor Nicholas de la Poer KC told the jury Coleman was "seething with hatred on the inside".

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

During halftime, one of the coaches had criticized him for failing to play the trap correctly with the score 28-0 in Permian’s favor, and he was seething over it.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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