ferment
Example Sentences
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It is still unknown whether chimpanzees deliberately choose fruits with higher ethanol levels, which tend to be riper and richer in sugar that can ferment.
From Science Daily
The theater’s importance as a locus of intelligent inquiry and intellectual ferment—not momentous, alas—owes a great debt to his influence.
Many people turn to fermented drinks like kombucha which promises to boost the microbiome and, by extension, the immune system.
From BBC
But he does believe that he has gone further than others in seeking out the exact ingredients the ancient Egyptians would have used — and fermenting them with ancient yeast.
From New York Times
His Hindu nationalist party has demonized the Muslim minority, a source of social ferment that has raised fears of instability.
From New York Times
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