Example Sentences

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Conflict between the two companies has simmered for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Firms have been granted permission by the regulator to increase bills to pay for upgrades after decades of underinvestment, as public anger has simmered about sewage released into the UK's rivers and seas.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Once the food has simmered and the sauce has thickened, she tosses some of the cheese into the pan.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2025

In the years since, tension between Harbaugh and 49ers ownership, led by Jed York, has simmered.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

After it has simmered for four hours add the vegetables cut into dice, and the spices, and let it simmer one hour longer.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary