Examples of upsurge in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Tajikistan and its neighbors on Afghanistan’s border fear an upsurge in Islamist extremism, including among Tajik and Uzbek groups. — Washington Post, 9 July 2021 This coincided with the end of state censorship (in 1996) and the removal of a cultural embargo with Japan in 2000, which led to an upsurge in Japanese consumption of Korean culture, prompting a need to meet the demand of the new audience. — Shain Shapiro, Forbes, 6 July 2021 After years of declining crime rates, the United States is suddenly contending with an upsurge in shootings and murders — and the numbers are sobering. — Doyle Mcmanus Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune, 28 June 2021 After years of declining crime rates, the United States is suddenly contending with an upsurge in shootings and murders — and the numbers are sobering. — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2021 The recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases in Texas is hitting the state economically as well as in terms of lives lost, a new study concludes. — Alain Sherter, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2021 Fentanyl, a synthetic prescription painkiller, has been blamed for an upsurge of overdose deaths across the United States and can be deadly in small doses when taken. — al, 12 Aug. 2021 That country has also reported just one wild virus case in this year, after a similar upsurge from 12 in 2018 to 84 last year. — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 10 Aug. 2021 The company’s latest earnings report showed an upsurge in business, but also hedges expectations for the fall. — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 13 Aug. 2021

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