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as in to anger
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
She smoldered when first learning of her son's misbehavior at school, but had calmed down by the time he arrived home.
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as in to blaze
to be on fire usually with smoke but few flames
They look forward to those long summer nights telling stories beside a smoldering campfire.
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Recent Examples of smolder
The love planet will also meet with Pluto in a smoldering sextile on Feb. 7, which could spice things up and deepen your connection with a romantic interest.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Now, Field wonders what might be smoldering inside him.
—John Bonifield, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
How a 30-year-old singer, born in Argentina and raised in Spain, manages to channel the smoldering melodrama of Latin music’s golden era with such uncanny precision remains a bit of a mystery.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
This planetary nebula is the remains of a star similar to the sun, which shed most of its mass at the end of its life, with its core becoming a smoldering white dwarf shrouded by this ex-stellar material.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Now, Field wonders what might be smoldering inside him.
—John Bonifield, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
How a 30-year-old singer, born in Argentina and raised in Spain, manages to channel the smoldering melodrama of Latin music’s golden era with such uncanny precision remains a bit of a mystery.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
This planetary nebula is the remains of a star similar to the sun, which shed most of its mass at the end of its life, with its core becoming a smoldering white dwarf shrouded by this ex-stellar material.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smolder
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Other nations, angered by the new American tariffs, will impose their own retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, reducing the sales of America’s most internationally competitive companies.—
Laurent Belsie,
Christian Science Monitor,
4 Apr. 2025
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As the situation unfolds, Republicans are caught in a delicate balancing act, wary of angering Trump while addressing the growing backlash against his trade policies.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Buxton was blazing down the line, nearly at the bag by the time Brown picked up the ball.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2025
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South Korea’s largest wildfires on record blazed through the country’s southeast for a seventh day, with firefighters, soldiers and heritage workers racing to evacuate people and save ancient treasures from the encroaching flames.—
Jin Yu Young,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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And in the name of empowering communities to have a say, the law now gave community boards undue power to snarl applications — power many of them proceeded to abuse.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Winemaker Kristina Filippi said the trade war leads to uncertainty with costs and even threatens to snarl the supply chain, which affects production timelines.—
Jaclyn Lee,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2025
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
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Choose options that are baked, grilled, steamed, or roasted.—
Lindsey DeSoto, RD, LD,
Verywell Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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Dumplings and Kebabs: Chicken Momo: steamed chicken dumplings with spicy chili sauce topped with onions and peppers.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
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Comments Danny McBride, do not step on that flaming bag on your doorstep.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Afterward, the Chicago artist flamed Pusha T, Ty Dolla $ign, Travis Scott, and even the late Virgil Abloh — including pictures to accompany the rant.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Abreu rewarded Cora’s decision to keep him in the game earlier and crushed the second pitch of the at-bat 110 mph, driving it 394 feet to right field for a three-run homer, snapping the tie.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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More than 4,000 shoppers have snapped them up in the past month alone.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Over 12,000 glowing Amazon ratings back up the hype.—
Becca Blond,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s physical on Friday was conducted at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and his team promised glowing results.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Smolder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smolder. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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