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Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:

The residents of the locality were seething _______ resentment over the inefficiency of the governing body, as it failed to uphold the promises made during the elections.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

Seethe collocates with with when naming the emotion felt, as in seething with rage or resentment. Over is already used later in the sentence for the cause, and in and after do not combine idiomatically with seething before an emotion noun.

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