simmer
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Analysts expect the current cycle to simmer during Micron’s fiscal 2028, which ends in August 2028.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Let them simmer for 2–3 minutes, until softened.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Beneath the cocktails, boat trips and villa life, tensions simmer and emotions rise.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
The summit projected an air of friendship between the world’s two most powerful nations, even as tensions simmer over trade, technology and geopolitical influence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The house was otherwise quiet, apart from the simmer of boiling greens on the stove.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
As the conflict between the U.S. and Iran simmers, investors and consumers are wondering what to expect for oil and fuel prices.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
Outrage simmers among the kids when one of the audience volunteers gets the softball “pineapple.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Garlic simmers in huge metal pots heated over open wood fires and set up in a long line.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
A cut from her upcoming EP, due in April, “The Betrayal” is a sultry baile funk song that simmers with righteous indignation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
But I fall into a deep, heavy sleep and my whole body simmers down, then cools, and I am myself again.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
The United States of America marked its 250th birthday with fireworks, flyovers, some intense weather across the country, much of which has simmered under an unforgiving heat wave for days.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Her generation needs a platform like the Cockroach Janta Party to voice frustrations that have simmered for years, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Meaning: Do you want your dish smothered in sauce made from roasted green chiles, or a simmered counterpart fashioned from dried red chile pods?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
It begins, as many great soups do, with patience: garbanzo beans soaked overnight, then simmered until tender.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
Perhaps even now soup simmered on the kitchen stove.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
The tensions over US access to British military bases during the Iran War are still simmering as well.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
In the early 2000s, England’s so-called Golden Generation was undone by simmering rivalries between the boldface names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
So sore loser or not, he tapped into a lack of faith in elected officials and simmering frustration with City Hall, which happen to be the essence of today’s column.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
It was all about the move to Georgia and various other simmering issues.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
While the sauce was simmering, he mixed some biscuits.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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