festering

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Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the committee, said the plan "only codifies Treasury's ad hoc approach" to long-festering issues that have beset financial markets and said he feared it would waste taxpayers 'money.

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  1. a fluid product of inflammation
  2. (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

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  • Joe Torre has a way of dealing with these things, so we don't expect this to be a festering issue down the road. —  Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers
  • Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the committee, said the plan "only codifies Treasury's ad hoc approach" to long-festering issues that have beset financial markets and said he feared it would waste taxpayers 'money. —  China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper
  • These long-festering intercept concerns have now pushed Crab Crewmember concerns into the waiting basket; so we'll be writing more about that, soon. —  Dennis Zaki Blog - AlaskaReport
  • He requested help for the festering wound, and was escorted by the crew to the ship's sickbay for treatment.
  • A group of neighbors has taken steps to block an expansion of the York County landfill, a move that adds a new layer of conflict to a long-festering dispute. —  The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front
 

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