teeming
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The underwater necropolis, which was discovered by a team of researchers from China, Italy and New Zealand, is teeming with organisms and species that "may be new to science", according to journal Nature.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
US palaeontologist Stephen Godfrey compared the "truly unique discovery" to past major underwater finds, such as when scientists first identified hydrothermal vents teeming with life on the ocean floor in 1977.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
We significantly reduced our marketing team, which, like in most companies, was teeming with measurers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Megan Brief, a digital marketing coordinator for Natural Habitat Adventures, an ecotourism company, had just returned from Svalbard, a far-flung Norwegian archipelago teeming with polar bears and walruses.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
We have to boil our water because it comes from the stream, where parasites multiply in teeming throngs.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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