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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
Finally, Burning Rose is a smoldering floral blend that grounds rose petals and violet in birch and ebony wood.
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Jenny Berg, Allure, 5 Dec. 2025
While firefighters contained the blaze on Friday and doused the still-smouldering towers, families had the grim task of looking at photographs of the dead taken by rescue workers.
—Joyce Zhou, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Smoke rising from the smoldering high-rise apartments.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
Even so, Teller’s chatty anxiousness does contrast well with Turner’s smoldering, confident melancholy.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025
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With an economy that is persistently reliant on crude, pursuing policies that raise energy costs risks angering constituents.—
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The board instead approved a resolution to reexamine current campus spaces, angering some parents.—
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Lenovo came out all guns blazing at CES 2026, using its biggest global stage yet to signal major leaps across devices, AI, and partnerships.—
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The Bears continue living that chorus out loud, devoted to chasing improvement with the blazing competitive fire exhibited by their head coach.—
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On Thursday, high winds pushed over a tractor trailer on the southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway near Pyramid Lake, snarling traffic for several miles.—
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Television cameras caught Adebayo snarling dismissively.—
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Walk out of a play’s shadows back into the clear light of day without a there to take with you, and even a burning cauldron will become little more than a brief candle.—
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Veg/cm/61 Fire has been burning on private land.—
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Place the bowl inside the microwave and heat on high for around three to four minutes, or until the solution is visibly steaming.—
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One ship was seized Friday in the Caribbean, and others were spotted steaming hundreds of miles into the Atlantic.—
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The luxury Swiss Alps nightclub where at least 40 people were killed and nearly 120 others were injured in a New Year’s Eve inferno, had previously released a promotional video advertising flaming champagne bottles, which authorities deemed the cause of the tragedy.—
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Finish with a cremaet, Valencian coffee flamed with rum infused with lemon and cinnamon.—
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The Dolphins snapped a five-game losing streak against Buffalo.—
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The Horned Frogs outgained Iowa State 432-272, but failed to come out on top as the Cyclones snapped their four-game losing streak.—
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But at no time was her skin not glowing through.—
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That's when the stars will really be glowing.—
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“Smolder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smolder. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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