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Perhaps a decline in hedonic happiness lies behind the upsurge in support for populists, swamping the rise in evaluative happiness. — The Economist, "Why are happy people voting for angry parties?," 11 July 2019 Taher was the second person killed a recent upsurge in homicides in Cincinnati. — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, "Arrest made in East Price Hill killing," 11 June 2019 Yet scholars of social movements have long noted that there is no direct path leading from economic deterioration and public malcontent to political upsurges and collective mobilization. — Kevan Harris, Washington Post, "How years of increasing labor unrest signaled Iran’s latest protest wave," 19 Jan. 2018 Is the upsurge in mutations merely a secondary consequence of a repair process inherently prone to error? — Quanta Magazine, "Beating the Odds for Lucky Mutations," 16 Aug. 2017 The British government vowed to step up detection and enforcement, while makers of counterdrone systems experienced an upsurge in customer interest. — Andy Pasztor, WSJ, "Alphabet Unit Tests New System to Identify Airborne Drones," 13 Jan. 2019 Kenya’s reputation has been seriously damaged by the upsurge in doping cases in recent years, which has been accompanied by multiple incidents of rule-breaking and corruption. — Gerald Imray, The Seattle Times, "Anti-doping group moves to close loophole with lab in Kenya," 27 Aug. 2018 April polling recorded an upsurge of public support for retaliation in response to U.S. violations of the JCPOA, a sentiment that most likely has increased after the U.S. withdrawal. — Shervin Malekzadeh, Washington Post, "What Trump doesn’t get about ideology in Iran. It’s about nationalism, not theocracy.," 25 June 2018 Nope, not another traffic cone: Monarch butterflies are in their high summer mating and reproductive stages, and Chicago, placed squarely in the center of their migratory range, is enjoying the annual upsurge in sightings of the beloved butterfly. — Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com, "Why Chicago might be the best place to save the monarch butterfly," 13 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'upsurge.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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