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People were fermenting grapes and storing wine in massive jugs as long ago as 6000 B.C., according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2017

Anne Lisbeth walked on thus with her senses half in slumber, but the thoughts were fermenting within her.

From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)

At the same time there were fermenting among the intelligent and educated youth of the city the new ideas of the North American and French revolutions—liberty, the rights of man, representative government, and popular sovereignty.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

New questions were rising, new ideas were fermenting.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring

He felt that he could not do that, and that he must be engaged in some way to crush down the thoughts which were fermenting in his brain.

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville