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Recent Examples of upwelling
The good news is that powerful hurricanes such as Beryl often consume heat energy, and can create upwellings of cool water.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
McLouth Steel closed in 1995 at the site of the leak
The railroad company installed a sump pump on site on Tuesday and is expected to begin pumping the high-pH groundwater shortly, in an effort to control and eliminate the upwelling of contamination.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2024
These armed groups enjoy total impunity for helping to protect the system from the upwelling of popular anger.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2021
Orcas are most commonly seen in areas of cold-water upwelling, where deep, nutrient-rich waters rise toward the surface.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
McLouth Steel closed in 1995 at the site of the leak
The railroad company installed a sump pump on site on Tuesday and is expected to begin pumping the high-pH groundwater shortly, in an effort to control and eliminate the upwelling of contamination.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2024
These armed groups enjoy total impunity for helping to protect the system from the upwelling of popular anger.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2021
Orcas are most commonly seen in areas of cold-water upwelling, where deep, nutrient-rich waters rise toward the surface.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upwelling
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An upsurge in the U.S. is prominent since exports became legal in 2016 and then the war in Ukraine broke out in 2022.Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The headline-grabbing union victory at the Amazon facility in Staten Island, New York, in 2022, accelerated an upsurge of labor organizing that took hold nationwide during the pandemic.Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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The move, which lasted only hours, has sparked weeks of political upheaval, disrupted high-level diplomatic efforts and unsettled financial markets.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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As the city experienced upheaval and financial duress throughout the 1970s, Dolan set his sights on the booming suburbs.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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Seldom has a comedian’s affect seemed so directly in conflict with the thrust of their material.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Trending Nationally Massachusetts man who was sentenced for trafficking oxycodone is on Biden’s clemency list Luigi Mangione’s arrest thrust his family into the spotlight.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
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Low prices are the cure for low prices, and that’ll be the case here, as farmers plant less corn and wheat in favor of something else, such as cotton, creating a supply shortfall—and setting the stage for the next price upturn.Brett Owens, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Economic growth was sluggish last year, though there have been signs of an upturn to start 2024.Scott Cohn, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
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The market entered December on a high, brimming with certainty about a favorable outlook based on prevailing market uptrends, an orderly Fed easing seasonal campaign, seasonal tailwinds and whatever policy outcomes an investor chose to assume will take shape next year.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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Since 2015, a price crossing of more than 4% in the price of BTC above or below its 20-week moving average (red line) was a strong indicator of significant uptrends or downtrends emerging.Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The upswing can also be seen in the growing inclination towards classic models such as the ClarksWallabee—certainly influenced by the flare around nautical shoes—or the coveted Salomon XT-6.Teresa Romero Martínez, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2024
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When the stock market as a whole experiences an upswing, CEO pay tends to surge across the board, regardless of the specific performance of their individual companies.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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After all, the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which began 50 million years ago, has been responsible for the upthrust of Mt. Everest and the world's tallest mountain range, the Himalaya.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2015
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Yes, the scientific phenomenon that allows something to float or sink, also known as upthrust.Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 9 July 2020
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Williams kept the drive alive with multiple scramble plays, including a heave on fourth-and-5 to find D.J. Moore to move the chains.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
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But Thomas caught a 62-yard heave from Jones and jogged into the end zone with 54 seconds left in the third quarter to give the Jaguars a 14-13 lead.Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Upwelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upwelling. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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