fester
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Given your reaction, I don’t believe it’s a good idea to let this fester.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Psychiatric researchers are referring to the confluence of three characteristics—sycophancy, linguistic alignment and hyperpersonalization—as the “amplification spiral,” suggesting it’s the mechanism by which delusional thinking can fester.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
But it doesn’t get better if we just leave the bubble to fester.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
She says she does her best to tell him that the system is cruel and wrong, but she doesn’t want the anger to fester.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Her skirt caught the cool evening wind, which tugged her away even fester.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
By your early 70s, the anxiety festers and grows.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
With no immediate help from officers, the fear and anxiety festers inside you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
Journalists who joined the patrol also witnessed what life has been like for the Philippine Coast Guard as the South China Sea dispute festers.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2023
The trial will revisit one of the most searing manifestations of how hatred and intolerance that festers online can spread onto the streets.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
Now everything resonates, sticks like a splinter, festers.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
But an uneasy tension festered behind the fanfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The problem only festered further under Lincoln Riley, as the coach initially cast a wider net nationally, aiming for top prospects in states like Texas and Florida while local stars signed and shined elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Peace proposals and presidents have come and gone but the problems have festered.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Wilson’s lead is a working-class Black man, a former Negro league superstar whose dreams festered when baseball’s color barrier prevented him from rising into the big leagues.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
The beaches are clean where once they festered with fish guts and flies.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
As earnings season gets under way, festering worries about artificial-intelligence stocks could be put to bed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The subindex tracking service activity rose to 50.3 from April’s 49.6, while the construction subindex stood at 48.8, compared with 48.0 in the prior month as a festering property slump continued to weigh on growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
But with little progress on the issues festering and so much riding on their relationship, any reprieve could be temporary—and the space for surprises large.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Hedda wears bullet-like strands of pearls that choke her neck and a jade-colored gown that seems to molder into a festering, jealous shade of green.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
And I’m telling you, it has an unholy boil festering within it.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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