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
Those figures represent a drop from the much larger numbers of salmon, in some years more than 1 million fish, that teemed along California’s Pacific coast in the early 2000s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Lori Greene’s land east of Charlotte has for 30 years teemed with trees planted to harvest longleaf pine needle straw.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
But between about 9000 and 4000 B.C. the Sahara was more humid, held numerous lakes, and teemed with game.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
