as in to rot
to go through decomposition
a week after the battle the corpses of the fallen were still festering in the fields
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 July 2024
Watching Solomon and Patsy fester in the pain Epps inflicts on them leaves little room for solace, but the healing balm of Solomon’s eventual liberation eventually remove the sting.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
This is a way to prevent any issues that are not being addressed properly from festering.
—Peter Karlson, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The rural backdrop offered a place for bigotry to fester and for Pearl to feel suffocated by her own religious upbringing, despite dreams of becoming a starlet.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 July 2024
Watching Solomon and Patsy fester in the pain Epps inflicts on them leaves little room for solace, but the healing balm of Solomon’s eventual liberation eventually remove the sting.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 19 June 2024
Verb
Another concern is what will happen to the thousands of homeless people living on the streets, a festering crisis that leaders aren’t eager for the world to see.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
This is a way to prevent any issues that are not being addressed properly from festering.
—Peter Karlson, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Gentle compression in the foot prevents blisters, and my Elys are stepping into their fourth year of use without any holes or threadbare patches to speak of.Nicole Qualtieri, Outside Online, 27 Oct. 2024
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The cushioned heel can help prevent blisters and the replaceable insoles make these shoes customizable to your preferred fit.Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
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Morton, Illinois — one of America’s pumpkin capitals — had above-average rainfall in 2015, rotting their harvest and creating a nationwide pumpkin shortage.Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Leaks can affect the water pressure and cause water damage, mold growth, and rot.Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
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Asheville saw water restored a week ago, but residents are still under a boil water notice.Solcyré Burga, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Non-potable water is back at each of the district's campuses, but with a boil water notice still in effect, the district is unable to reopen to pre-K students.Sarah Honosky, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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The sight of Till’s mutilated and decomposed corpse at his open-casket funeral galvanized the civil-rights movement.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Listen to this article A zombie ant, a pair of bats and a gorilla lurked around the shadiest alcoves of a Cook County forest preserve on Saturday, scouring the earth for decomposing life forms.Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
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Larger pimples that contain pus are called pustules.Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2024
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Over the next 11 days, increasingly painful big blisters and pustules appeared all over his body, including the soles of his feet and the palms of his hands—regions that chickenpox rarely affects.ByJon Cohen, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024
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With just water, the hot steam disintegrates dirt, slime, and mold on surfaces. Black+Decker PowerSeries+ Max Cordless Stick Vacuum Fans of cordless vacuum cleaners will appreciate this lightweight model that can suck up pet hair and dirt with ease — and do so for up to 40 minutes in one charge.Melissa Epifano, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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Bottles containing liquids, gels, serums, oils, and sprays can leak when jostled around, making a mess and causing the cardboard to disintegrate.Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2024
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My teen daughter and I swear by the Mighty Patch pimple patches.Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 22 Oct. 2024
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Below are the six fool-proof ways of getting rid of a pimple fast.Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
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What doesn’t decay this winter can be mulched up next spring.Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2022
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In particular, many theorists have wondered how the great complexity of life can be reconciled with the laws of thermodynamics that suggest that all systems must inevitably decay to a state of greatest disorder.The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
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