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Recent Examples of surge
Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Katrina’s legacy is a stark lesson in how storm surge, engineering failures, and urban exposure can combine to catastrophic effect.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Katie McCarty, a vice president at the company Reunion Specialists (and a member of the National Association of Reunion Managers), told me that after the pandemic-shutdown era, the industry is seeing more excitement and participation, including a surge in events in the fall.
—Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Storm surge also a threat with Hurricane Erin Even though Hurricane Erin will be centered some 300 miles off North Carolina's Outer Banks, it's expected to have significant impacts, including storm surge and large waves.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Katrina’s legacy is a stark lesson in how storm surge, engineering failures, and urban exposure can combine to catastrophic effect.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
Meanwhile, Europe is battling its own demons, including a surge in far-right nationalism and economic pressures.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Katie McCarty, a vice president at the company Reunion Specialists (and a member of the National Association of Reunion Managers), told me that after the pandemic-shutdown era, the industry is seeing more excitement and participation, including a surge in events in the fall.
—Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surge
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Small pups get the first splash, followed by bigger dogs ready to make waves.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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By the time Journalism and jockey Umberto Rispoli began passing other horses and taking aim at Fierceness with the rally that had won him the Santa Anita Derby, Preakness and Haskell Stakes, the leader had spurted clear by 2-1/2 lengths turning into the homestretch.—
Kevin Modesti,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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The supporters’ handheld smoke bombs spurted plumes of royal blue, the apparatus and color foreign to the home stadium of the orange and black Giants.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
24 Aug. 2025
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Federal Supplement Security Income payments would increase for January but those payments would be made at the end of December.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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But there is really no reason why this should be the case for Pilates—which consists of different low-impact movements to strengthen your core muscles, increase your flexibility, improve your posture and give you more awareness of your body in general.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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CMEs in particular are linked to swells of high-energy particles that can damage satellites, disrupt communications, and endanger astronauts.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Sep. 2025
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But before the construction of a harbor in the mid-1960s altered the surroundings, the spot was a surfer's paradise, with easy, consistent swells.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Trillions of ghostly particles called neutrinos stream through our bodies every second, slipping past atoms without a trace.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Now is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Set in early-1960s New York City, the film follows a folk song singing Minnesotan with a guitar and a dream, rising from a coffeehouse performer to a counterculture legend.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Gabby Provenzano rose at the near post and powered home a header from point-blank range in the 81st minute, assisted by Sabrina McNeill’s cross off a corner.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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After filming had concluded in May, Muniz took to social media to gush about working with his old and new Malcolm costars.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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Brooke gushed in the comments section.—
Jack Irvin,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sales of EVs skyrocketed by 19% to a total of 10,671 sold in August.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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And in this fragile economy—rife with tariffs, skyrocketing living costs, and a looming recession—there’s no telling how one’s financial situation can change on a dime.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Surge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surge. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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