Example Sentences

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The current generation of players have decided now is the time to act on a disagreement that has festered for much of the past two decades.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The crackdown on “temp tags” comes in response to a problem that officials say has festered for years but exploded during the Covid-19 pandemic, alongside other chaos on American roads.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

But the scoring drought that haunted them through much of the nervy World Cup qualifying campaign has festered since the summer.

From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2022

For years, the dispute has festered as a source of national shame with the loss of territory to the Chinese such as the Manhattan-sized coral reef known as Scarborough Shoal in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2021

He lives, lady, but he is not well, for the wound in his thigh has festered and he cannot walk, or even stand.

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Haggard, Henry Rider