simmer

Discontent has been simmering for weeks and finally erupted in the capital today, reports PAJ.
Le mécontentement couvait depuis des semaines et a fini par exploser aujourd'hui dans la capitale, rapporte la PAJ.
Social unrest has been simmering for years.
Le malaise social couve depuis des années.
The social tension, which has been simmering over the past few years, seems to be subsiding gradually.
La tension sociale, latente depuis ces dernières années, semble s'estomper progressivement.
The power struggle involving the four EPRDF parties has been simmering since last summer.
La lutte de pouvoir entre les quatre partis gouvernementaux de l'EPRDF couve depuis l'été dernier.
Tension has been simmering for years along this border which led to intermittent clashes involving mostly Oromos and Somalis.
La tension monte le long de cette frontière depuis des années, donnant lieu à des affrontements intermittents impliquant principalement les Oromos et les Somalis.
This grass-roots struggle gets little media coverage in the United States and even less abroad, but it has been simmering throughout the country since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008.
Ces luttes menées par la base sont rarement répercutées dans les médias US et encore moins à l’étranger, mais depuis le début de la crise financière en 2008 c’est tout le pays qui est en ébullition.
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