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Recent Examples of simmer
Over the course of the weekend get-together, simmering tensions and secrets will resurface for them all.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 18 July 2025
Add the pepper, greens and bones and simmer for 1 hour.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
The news comes as tensions simmer between the U.S. and China following a heated trade war set off by President Donald Trump’s tariff crusade that sent global markets spiraling.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Add the frozen vegetables, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 18 July 2025
Add the pepper, greens and bones and simmer for 1 hour.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
The news comes as tensions simmer between the U.S. and China following a heated trade war set off by President Donald Trump’s tariff crusade that sent global markets spiraling.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Add the frozen vegetables, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simmer
boil
Verb
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Armenians boiled your parchment skin to make yellow umber for silk and wool.—
Peter Balakian,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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By crushing bones and boiling them to extract grease, Neanderthals tapped into a rich energy source, using techniques once thought to belong only to much later human groups.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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“Simmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simmer. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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