as in to burst
to be copiously supplied a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries

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Recent Examples of abound Though the Riverfront stage has the largest capacity and often, as a result, the biggest acts, talent was abound at virtually every other free stage at the festival. Chris Barilla, People.com, 10 June 2025 The play examines this fallout, and the tensions that follow, through a group of steel tubing workers gathering in a local watering hole where conflicts abound amid the rampant loss of identity and career, much of the conflicts falling along racial lines. David John Chávez, Mercury News, 9 June 2025 This is a sentiment that abounds throughout this proud city of immigrants, where many with friends or neighbors who are undocumented feel sorrow to see the violence and destruction. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025 The bus stopped near the Iraqi border, where watchtowers loomed on hills and armed border patrol abounded. Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for abound
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  • The actor and writer burst onto the scene at only 17 years old when director Michael Mayer found him and cast him as Ernst in the off-Broadway production of Spring Awakening, a role Glick reprised in the hit Broadway production.
    Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 30 June 2025
  • The Cow burst onto the scene as an indictment of the rural poverty in which millions of Iranians lived.
    Tiara Ataii, Vulture, 24 June 2025
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  • The notifications buzzing in her back pocket were becoming more frantic, arriving every few minutes now.
    Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • At home, appliances hum, HVAC systems cycle, lawn mowers and leaf blowers buzz outside, and doorbells, phones, and televisions interrupt the quiet.
    Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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  • The expo is known for its vast, teeming trade floor that includes vendors of all manner of manufacturers and creative types, presenting everything from water-slide equipment to major roller coasters to plush animals for carnival games to theme park announcements.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2025
  • The island is also teeming in both wildlife and lore—9,000 years’ worth, to be exact.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
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  • In every photo, Tater's eyes bulged with what can only be described as pure joy.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
  • Originally misdiagnosed with a bulging disk, a surgeon discovered a spinal fracture during McQueen’s time off this season, and got him on a proper healing regimen.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025

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“Abound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abound. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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