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Recent Examples of teem
That’s not just a concern for people who enjoy diving to view the teeming reefs; bleaching has potentially huge ecological and economic ramifications.
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025
Those figures represent a drop from the much larger numbers of salmon, in some years more than 1 million fish, that teemed along California’s Pacific coast in the early 2000s.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
The men, many of them shirtless, are crowded, teeming, sitting and standing, seemingly at attention, to face the camera from behind bars.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Cromwell’s middle-aged regrets build poignantly, while brisker pacing and some levity—Cromwell is widowed, and various courtiers take it upon themselves to play matchmaker—lend the proceedings a teeming liveliness.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2025
Those figures represent a drop from the much larger numbers of salmon, in some years more than 1 million fish, that teemed along California’s Pacific coast in the early 2000s.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
The men, many of them shirtless, are crowded, teeming, sitting and standing, seemingly at attention, to face the camera from behind bars.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Cromwell’s middle-aged regrets build poignantly, while brisker pacing and some levity—Cromwell is widowed, and various courtiers take it upon themselves to play matchmaker—lend the proceedings a teeming liveliness.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teem
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But there is part of me that actually believes Wayne was at his creative peak on 2004’s Tha Carter, where the Cash Money little brother with a chip on his shoulder collides with the looser, throne-craving supernova, ready to burst.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
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In Raleigh, North Carolina, a water utility organization uses AI to forecast which pipes are most likely to burst, helping crews replace them proactively.—
Darshan Tiwari,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Verb
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But others, including Grand Central Market, were already buzzing with customers.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Much of the cast, including creator Lin Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Groff, Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr. and Reneé Elise Goldsberry, walked the carpet embracing other stars who were buzzing with excitement for what the performance could be.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
Verb
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Adventure abounds here, both on land and in the water.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
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However, as adoption accelerates, concerns about its potential to replace workers abound.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Photos posted online showed the snake arrived at a Virginia animal hospital with a bulging body.—
Simone Jasper,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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This week, they’re dominated by the moon, which enters its bulging gibbous phase in advance of next week’s full strawberry moon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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By the 16th century, drone also came to mean a dull, continuous humming sound, and later, someone blindly follows orders similar to a bee.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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This is a humdinger of a pollinator plant, attracting not only humming bees and butterflies, but a host of other insects, too.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
24 May 2025
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“Teem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teem. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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