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
It’s a personal book, thick with narrative and recollection and, unsurprisingly, a pleasure to cook from.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Piles of belongings and rotting food covered the bed and the air was thick with flies.
From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025
His memo was so thick with lies that it would take a week to debunk them all.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2025
He dumps the jam on the bread, spreading it thick with the knife.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
