as in rotted
to go through decomposition
a week after the battle the corpses of the fallen were still festering in the fields
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Resentment festered in the meantime, as Bush and his peers questioned why the school hadn’t fought harder to defend him.
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Festered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/festered. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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