thick with
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The shuttle was grounded, 14 astronauts had died in two disasters, and the hearing room was thick with the anxiety of a nation that feared it had lost a step.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“In the state of Arkansas, we’re a very split Republican Party,” said Crocker, wearing a black cowboy hat in his office, thick with mementos from his decades in the Green Berets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
The air is thick with possibility, with futility, with the truth that some hunger is never fed.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
Piles of belongings and rotting food covered the bed and the air was thick with flies.
From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025
The air inside the car grew thick with them.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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