teemed

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As for the red wolf, Mr. Moore writes that, in the 1930s in northeast Louisiana, a remnant tract of old-growth forest teemed with prowling panthers and massive alligators.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

As the state capital, Sacramento teemed with lobbyists, politicians, and a steady flow of money greasing deals over everything from water to redevelopment.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

USC had won five of six here over UCLA, and so the whole of Galen Center now teemed with anxious delirium, expecting more rivalry magic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

Unlike dozens of feral cats found dead on farms with outbreaks, these domestic cats didn’t roam around herds, lapping up milk that teemed with virus.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2024

I could break the loneliness, the feeling of not belonging to the life that teemed around me, by going to the basketball courts.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers